many outstanding men, following our example, took the rings off the fingers of their hands and ordered, out of love for the Holy Martyrs, that the gold, stones, and precious pearls of the rings put into this panel.” “O vanity of vaniUes, but no more vain than insane! The Church is radiant in its walls and desUtute in its poor. It dresses its stones in gold and it abandons its children naked. It serves the eyes of the rich at the expense of the poor. The curious find that which may delight them, but those in need do not find that which should sustain them.” ~Clairvaux ~Suger