Anno Shrine

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Anno shrine, front side

The Anno shrine contains the bones of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne . Until 2016 he was in a side chapel of the church of St. Michael Abbey on Michaelsberg in Siegburg . The shrine was at least partially created and designed in 1183 by the Lorraine goldsmith and enamel painter Nikolaus von Verdun , who is also credited with several other important goldsmith works, such as the Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral .

After secularization in the 19th century, various picture elements of the Anno Shrine were removed that can no longer be found today.

Two paintings created by Johann Heinrich Fischer in 1764 show the original size of the shrine, which was still undamaged at the time. Today they are the most important source for documentation of its original appearance.

The shrine is owned by the parish of St. Servatius Siegburg, the bones of Anno were contractually donated to the Archdiocese of Cologne in January 2012 by the Benedictine order.

In the meantime, a treasury has been set up on the first floor of the Church of St. Servatius , in which the shrine is exhibited alongside other items from the Siegburg church treasury.

literature

  • Ernst Günther Grimme : The Aachen cathedral treasure (= Aachen art sheets . Vol. 42). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1972, pp. 133-134.
  • Leonie Becks: The Siegburg Anno Shrine under restoration. Catalog for the exhibition in the treasury of Cologne Cathedral July 18, 2002 - January 12, 2003 (= treasury books. Vol. 1). Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-922442-45-5 .

Web links

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