Koroinen Episcopal Church
The Koroinen Episcopal Church was a medieval church in the Finnish town of Koroinen , which is now a district of Turku .
The seat of the Bishop of Finland was moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen in 1229 . Historical and archaeological sources suggest that a first episcopal church was built in the 1230s. It was a wooden structure measuring 27.5 × 10.5 m. The first church burned down a few decades later. A new, larger (27.5 × 14.5 m) wooden church was probably built in its place in the middle of the 13th century. In addition to the remains of the wooden church, the foundations of three walls of a 12.5 × 12 m stone building have been excavated. It may be a choir that was added during the time of Bishop Catillus (1266–1286). In this case it would have been the first step to convert the wooden structure into a stone church . It is also possible that the stone building was built later, at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, as a memorial chapel for the bishops Bero, Ragvald and Catillus who were buried in Koroinen.
After the completion of the Turku Cathedral , the bishopric was also moved to Turku at the end of the 13th century. The church of Koroinen initially remained, but was later abandoned (possibly in the 15th century) and fell into complete disrepair. 1898–1902 its foundations were uncovered by archaeological excavations.
literature
- Markus Hiekkanen: Suomen keskiajan kivikirkot (= Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1117). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 2007, ISBN 978-951-746-861-9 , pp. 184-187, (Finnish).
Coordinates: 60 ° 27 ′ 58.8 ″ N , 22 ° 17 ′ 17 ″ E