Chapel of St. Peter and Paul (St. Gallen)

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The St. Peter and Paul Chapel was a chapel in what is now the Rotmonten district of the city of St. Gallen . It is believed to have originated in the middle of the 10th century. It was canceled in 1771.

location

The church stood on the terrace below the Bruggerwald, where the Chircheli settlement is today, where the place names Peter and Paul have been kept. The name of the Peter and Paul Wildlife Park also goes back indirectly to this chapel.

history

A church on the Rotmonten is mentioned in the middle of the 10th century. This meant the Chapel of St. Peter, which later became the St. Peter and Paul Chapel. The old age can also be attested by the fact that on the Wednesday before Ascension, the petition to the “St. Peter Berkilchele uff dem Rotundmonten “and is mentioned in this context in several old documents. A hermit seems to have lived there for a short time, but only one document from 1305 has survived about an inclusion.

The altar was consecrated on August 18, 1640. The visitation files mention that there was a Mother of God above the door, in front of whom an eternal light burned. The portal was protected by a canopy. On the altar were the two statues of the patron, St. Peter and St. Paul . The two figures ended up in the Holy Cross Chapel in 1772. There was a small tower with two bells above the choir. One bell had cracked and was cast by the Ernst Lindau foundry in 1660, followed by the second in 1670 for the same reason.

In 1771 the Rotmonten parish agreed with Father Iso Walser that the chapel should be demolished and that the usable material should be used for the construction of the Holy Cross Church .

The chapel was dismantled in the same year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location, in the area of ​​today's house No. 90 and 92, Kirchlistrasse

Remarks

  1. ↑ The date of the 10th century comes from G. Scherrer's directory of manuscripts 1. 120, the calendarium in question in Cod. 342, J. von Arx, however, refers to the 11th century in the Histories of the Canton of St.Gallen Volume 1 p. 126
  2. ↑ painting or statue
  3. ↑ either under the direction of Theodonius Ernst or Peter Ernst
  4. ↑ who acted on behalf of the abbot

See also

literature

  • Erwin Poeschel: The City of St. Gallen: Part One , Volume 2 of the series The Art Monuments of the Canton of St. Gallen . Birkhäuser 1957, page 186

Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '50 "  N , 9 ° 23' 14.2"  E ; CH1903:  746957  /  256985