Catholic Parish of St. Brigid's, Marrickville

St. Brigid's Retreat was built in 1886 and it was later taken over by Irish Passionists. The current Catholic church was built 1918-21 and it is the second largest church in Sydney.

Salviati & Co. made the mosaic altar reredos for the original church based upon a commission from the Very Reverend Father Bertrand Mangan (1873-1933), who left Ireland for Australia in 1915.

The 13th Station of the Cross is one of the fourteen mosaic scenes also by Salviati depicting Christ's Passion.

Sources:

Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 139.

"Rev. Father Bertrand Mangan, C.P." The Sydney Morning Herald. January 3, 1933.

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