John Bunyan - Southwark Cathedral, London, UK
N 51° 30.381 W 000° 05.402
30U E 701941 N 5710150
In Southwark Cathedral, on the South Bank of the River Thames, there is a stained glass window dedicated to the writer John Bunyan.
Waymark Code: WMRPN0
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/19/2016
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The co-ordinates provided are for the entrance to the cathedral's visitor centre. The stained glass window, dedicated to Bunyan, is on the north side of the cathedral.
Entry to the cathedral is free. Photography is permitted with a licence that can be obtained on the day for £2.50.
The wording, included in the window at its bottom, reads:
The children of the church, delighting in
the great allegory, the Pilgrim's Progress,
dedicate this window in memory of its
pious author John Bunyan. AD MDCCCC.
The Biography website has an article about John Bunyan that advises:
John Bunyan was a celebrated English minister and author of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), the most characteristic expression of the Puritan religious outlook.
Synopsis
John Bunyan was born November 1628, in Elstow, England. A celebrated English minister and preacher, he wrote The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), the book that was the most characteristic expression of the Puritan religious outlook. His other works include doctrinal and controversial writings; a spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding (1666); and the allegory The Holy War (1682).