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St
Triduana Stained Glass Window - SMC091
Located
at clerestory level of the north transept gable of St Magnus
Cathedral is a stained glass depiction of St Triduana, also
known as St Tredwell.
According to legend, St Triduana was one of a group of nuns
who accompanied St Regulus from Constantinople to Scotland.
They brought with them the relics of St Andrew. Triduana was
a beautiful woman who attracted the attentions of a Pictish
King called Nectan. On discovering that he was attracted to
her eyes she gouged them out and presented them to him on
a thorn.
On the Orkney Island of Papa Westray, or Papay, is a mediaeval
chapel dedicated to St Triduana. This window was created by
Oscar Patterson.
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