Franciscan monastery San Candido
Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '0.79 " N , 12 ° 16' 45.07" E
The Franciscan monastery of San Candido is located in the market town of San Candido in the Puster Valley ( South Tyrol ).
history
In 1690 the Tyrolean Franciscan Province asked Emperor Leopold I to build a Franciscan monastery in Innichen. Although the emperor approved the establishment, massive resistance from the clergy and other religious orders soon arose against the project. Nevertheless, the first Friars Minor came to Innichen in 1691 and were given temporary accommodation in the “nursing home”. The bailiff Michael Dinzl of Angerburg gave the Franciscans a plot and also took over the bulk of the cost of building the monastery, which was built from 1693 to 1694. As a result, the construction of the associated church began, which was built in 1697 under the patronage of St.Leopold could be consecrated .
In the 18th and 19th centuries the Franciscans devoted themselves to pastoral care in Innichen and in the parishes of the Alta Pusteria . From 1693 to 1963 they worked as preachers at the Sunday parish service in Innichen. From 1708 to 1781 the novitiate of the Tyrolean Franciscan Province was housed in the monastery . From 1775 to 1894 Franciscans also taught as teachers at the normal school in Innichen.
In 1945 the monastery and the church burned down from a bomb hit. After the Second World War , both buildings were rebuilt and many works of art were renovated. 2003 began with the renovation of the monastery. The Franciscans' premises were moved to the top floor to make room for the new Innichner Stiftsmuseum and Stiftsarchiv.
The monastery is currently (2015) not occupied.
Attractions
- The high altar is the work of the carpenter Franz Schraffl from Toblach . On the sides there are statues of St. Bonaventure and St. Karl Borromeo by the sculptor Johann Paterer from Lienz . The high altar picture is by Christoph Unterberger (1764) and shows Mary with the baby Jesus, in front of whom St. Leopold and St. Francis kneel.
- The left side altar shows a representation of the Immaculate and probably comes from Johann Hofmann the Elder from the 2nd half of the 17th century.
- On the right side altar are the Franciscan saint Peter of Alcantara and St. Depicted Theresa of Avila . This picture by the Veronese painter Antonio Balestra (1715) was a gift from the Bressanone Prince-Bishop Kaspar Ignaz von Künigl .
- The side chapel dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua was donated in 1695 by the San Candido canon Johann Kaspar Troyer von Aufkirchen, who is also indicated on the grave plaque made of white marble at the entrance. A relief of St. Anthony by the sculptor August Valentin from Brixen has adorned the chapel since 1894 .
- In the cloister of the monastery there is a cycle of pictures by the Franciscan brother Lukas Plazer. The 31 paintings (1707–1709) depict scenes from the life of St. Francis.
literature
- Siegfried Volgger: The Franciscan Monastery of Innichen. FI Verlag, Bozen 1990, ISBN 88-85226-01-9 .
- Siegfried Volgger (ed.): The baroque Franziskus cycle by Brother Lukas Plazer in Innichen. FI Verlag, Bozen 1990, ISBN 88-85226-00-0 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Church and monastery of the Franciscans in Innichen. Parish of St. Michael the Archangel, accessed on October 16, 2015 .
- Franciscans in Austria and South Tyrol