Photo de stock - South Porch, Right Portal, Left Jambs. Cathedral of Chartres, France. Gothic statue of the four ?Confessors? important intellectual and spiritual leaders, most of whom lived during the early centuries of the Church. They stand on historiated socles- there are canopies offer their heads with architectural motifs. From left to right they are . 1) Laumer (also called Lomer or Laudomarus), a local saint who was founder and Abbot of the nearby monastery of Corbion in the 6th century. . 2) Pope Leo I, an influential early Pope. 3) a figure that is either Ambrose or Thomas Becket . 4) Nicholas, bishop of Myra (two of his miracles appear in the tympanum). The figure of Laumer was added after the rest of the portal was created. . A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Photo de stock: South Porch, Right Portal, Left Jambs. Cathedral of Chartres, France. Gothic statue of the four ?Confessors? important intellectual and spiritual leaders.

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