Korbinian Shrine
The Korbiniansschrein is a reliquary from the 19th century in Freising Cathedral .
It contains the bones of St. Korbinian , who proclaimed the Christian faith as a traveling bishop in the 8th century in old Bavaria in the area around Freising. He died on September 8th between 724 and 730. After the funeral, his remains were transferred to Kuens according to his will .
Around the year 769 the bones were brought back to Freising under pressure from the worshipers who worshiped Korbinian and brought to the crypt of the Freising Cathedral on November 20th . In the 19th century, Korbinian's remains were transferred from the original stone coffin to a reliquary designed in the neo-Romanesque style . The shrine was commissioned by Archbishop Gregor von Scherr . It was carried out by the Munich goldsmith Ferdinand Harrach (1821–1898) based on designs by Heinrich von Heß and Caspar Zumbusch and transferred in 1863. Rhenish shrines from the early Gothic period were the models , the silver figures are Nazarene art .
On November 20th every year for the Korbiniansfest the shrine is set up in the nave of the cathedral in front of the altar steps for worship by the faithful.
literature
- Sigmund Benker (text), Ingeborg Limmer (pictures): Freising. Dom and Domberg (= The Blue Books ). Köster, Königstein im Taunus 1975, ISBN 3-7845-4480-0 , p. 56.
Web links
- The Freising Cathedral: works of art . Description of the shrine and other objects on the pages of the Freising Cathedral.
- Korbiniansschrein in the picture index of art and architecture .