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English: Originally, there were five Zettler stained glass windows in the chancel representing the five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. These were removed during the 1917 renovations and replaced with three murals and two windows created by Philadelphia artist George W. Sotter. Each window contains six panels depicting symbols of each of the twelve apostles: Petrus or Peter (holds the keys of the kingdom), Jacobus or James the Less (said to have died by being "sawn asunder"), Thaddeus or Jude (a halberd, a kind of spear said to be used during his martyrdom), Mattheus or Matthew (an axe, beheaded), Simon the Zealot (a fisherman), Matthias (said by some accounts to have died by the sword), Philippus or Philip (said to have died by crucifixion), Andreas or Andrew (a fisherman), Jacobus or James the Great (scallop shells came to be associated with the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, also a symbol of baptism and rebirth), Johannus or John (said to have drunk from a poisoned chalice without harm), Thomas (the ruler represents his profession as a builder, the spear the instrument of his martyrdom), and Bartholomeus or Bartholomew (said to have been flayed alive).