Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Church, built between 1911 and 1913 by the architect Adolf Gaudy, with sculptures at the front and at the side entrances.

Front: Four statues in two rows:

1. Sankt Johannes der Täufer - St. John the Baptist - with a lamb.
   (c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD), itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan." (Wikipedia).
2. Sankt Gallus / Saint Gall (with a bear), (Ireland c. 550 - Arbon c. 646), Irish disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent; portrayed as an abbot blessing a bear that brings him a log of wood (Wikipedia).
   (Ireland c. 550 - Arbon c. 646), Irish disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent; portrayed as an abbot blessing a bear that brings him a log of wood (Wikipedia)
3. Bischof Konrad von Konstanz - St. Conrad of Constance (c. 900-975), bishop of Konstanz, 934-975 (Wikipedia).
4. Bischof Gebhard von Konstanz - St. Gebhard of Constance (Bregenz 949 - Konstanz 995), bishop of Konstanz, 979-995 (Wikipedia).

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North entrance: Tympan and two statues:

5. Tympan relief Maria und Jesuskind.
6. Sankt Cäcilia - Saint Cecilia - with an organ.
   patron saint of musicians and Church music because as she was dying she sang to God (Wikipedia).
7. Sankt Katharina von Alexandrien - St. Catherine of Alexandria - with broken wheel.
   (early 4th century), Virgin princess, martyr; she was condemned to death on the spiked breaking wheel, but, at her touch, it shattered (Wikipedia).

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South entrance: Tympan and two statues:

8. Tympan Christus König - Christ the King
9. Sankt Aloysius von Gonzaga - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
   (Castiglione delle Stiviere 1568 - Rome 1591) Italian Jesuit. Canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726 (Wikipedia).
10. Unknown saint with book (St. Ignatius of Loyola?).

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Sculptor

• Alois Payer (1878-1960), Swiss sculptor (www.payer.de).

Sources & Information

• Stadt Romanshorn, Kulturführer (PDF on-line).
• Kath. Pfarrei Romanshorn, Die Pfarrkirche stellt sich vor (PDF on-line).
• Kirchen on-line, Romanshorn - Pfarrkirche St. Johannes.

Tags

Locatie (N 47°34'7" - E 9°22'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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