ST MARIE’S HIDDEN NATURE
NORTH TRANSEPT
We've already mentioned the nature and symbolism in the Virgin and Child Shrine (left), but they are also present in the Sacred Heart Shrine (right) in a panel with a crown of thorns surrounding a heart, surrounded themselves by flowers.
Pause also to look at the window in the North Transept, where the third panel shows St Elizabeth of Hungary carrying flowers in her robe.
According to legend, whilst she was taking bread to the poor in secret, Elizabeth met her husband Ludwig on a hunting party.
Some of the gentry believed Elizabeth to be stealing treasure from the castle, so Ludwig - who supported her charitable work - asked her to reveal what was hidden under her cloak.
Instead of the bread, all that could be seen was a vision of white and red roses.
The gentry were satisfied and Ludwig was convinced that God's protecting hand was at work.
