9. St. Patrick’s Stained Glass Windows Come from France and All Over the World

According to A Week in New York, a guidebook of New York City from 1891, “the windows of St. Patrick’s Cathedral have been called the finest collection of examples of painted glass in the world.” Many of the Cathedral’s stained glass windows were designed and created in Chartres, France, whose studios have been renowned for their stained glass since the Middle Ages. Other windows in the cathedral were made in Birmingham, England and Boston. A few of the windows were donated by New York congregations including from the diocese of Albany, the diocese of Buffalo, the diocese of Brooklyn, and Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Another, the Window of St. Charles Borromeo, depicting a procession in Milan of plague stricken citizens was a gift of the restauranteur L. Delmonico.

Also check out St. Jean Baptiste, another New York City church graced by stained glass windows from Chartres