Gallus Chapel (St. Gallen)

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Entrance to the St. Gallus Chapel, flanked by Desiderius von Vienne and St. Mauritius

The Gallus Chapel is a chapel in the area of ​​the monastery district in St. Gallen .

It was rebuilt in 1666/67 on the ground floor of the abbot's residence. In 1671 the band was at the same time with the dedication of the overlying Bishop Chapel (Hofkapelle) consecrated .

The chapel has an almost square interior. The walls and the ceiling are filled with 26 paintings from the life of St. Gall , presumably by Johann Sebastian Hersche . The entrance is flanked by larger than life statues of St. Mauritius and Desiderius of Vienne .

As early as 971, the St. Gallen abbot Purchart von Udalrichingen had a chapel built in the same place. Next to the entrance, Purchart was buried in 975 by Bishop Konrad von Konstanz .

Today, next to the cathedral, it is the baptistery of the St. Gallen cathedral parish.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the St.Gallen Abbey District World Heritage Site. St. Gallen Abbey District, September 26, 2014, accessed on April 15, 2018 (PDF; 1.287 MB).
  2. ↑ Maria Hufenus: Data on the building history of the city of St. Gallen from the beginnings to 2000. City archive St. Gallen (Vadiana). St. Gallen 2004, accessed on April 15, 2018 (PDF; 434 kB).
  3. ↑ a b c St. Gallen (Gallus Chapel) on sanktgallus.net , accessed on April 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Baptisms in the cathedral parish . Retrieved October 15, 2019.

Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '23.3 "  N , 9 ° 22' 39.1"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and forty-six thousand two hundred eighty-nine  /  two hundred and fifty-four thousand two hundred and eighty-eight