Great Britain of Wales, which follows Calvinistic Methodism, is the largest denomination in Wales. There are other non-conformist minorities, such as Baptists, Quakers, the United Reformed Church (a union of Congregationalists and English Presbyterians), Unitarians. The first patron saint of Great Britain was Saint Alban. He was the first Christian martyr dating from the Romano-British period, condemned to death for his faith and sacrificed to the pagan gods. In more recent times, some have suggested the adoption of St Aidan as another patron saint of Britain. From Ireland, he worked at Iona amongst the Dál Riata and then Lindisfarne where he restored
The Young Martyr corner could be seen as the North Star, and, therefore, possibly as an allusion to God or Jesus. Moving on to the Martyr herself, with her hands bound by rope, we see the young Christian gently floating upon the surface of the Tiber. With her body erect (potentially suggesting the rigor mortis), the Martyr, sublimely, appears both dead and alive. Here we can specifically take note of Delaroche’s attention to detail in that, just around the Martyr’s left hand, we can see small, painstakingly delineated ripples, barely emanating from around the crests of the Martyr’s fingers. Moving on, directly above