Lawrence of Rome Church
Laurentiuskirche or Lorenzkirche or simply St. Laurentius or St. Lorenz is the name of numerous churches that are consecrated to St. Laurentius of Rome or named after him.
background
Many Laurentius churches belonged to the churches of triumph and thanks that Otto I had built after his historic victory on the Lechfeld over the Hungarians . Before the battle on August 10, 955, the name day of St. Laurentius, vowed that in case of victory he would have churches built in honor of the saint. In the 10th and 11th centuries there was a wave of founding such as St. Churches dedicated to Laurentius.
In other languages:
- Latin la: Sanctus Laurentius [ Martyr ]
- English : Saint Lawrence [ the Martyr ]
- French : Saint-Laurent
- Italian , Spanish : San Lorenzo
- Portuguese : São Lourenço
list
Belgium
Bolivia
Denmark
- Silted up church of St. Laurentii south of Skagen
Germany
Finland
- St. Laurentius Church Lohja ("Pyhän Laurin Kirkko")
- St. Laurentius Church Mynämäki ("Pyhän Laurin Kirkko")
- St. Laurentius Church Perniö ("Pyhän Laurin Kirkko")
- St. Lawrence Church Vantaa
France
- St-Laurent-du-Mont (Argelès-sur-Mer) , Pyrénées-Orientales department
- St-Laurent (Beaumont-sur-Oise) , Val-d'Oise department
- St-Laurent (Chaussy) , Val-d'Oise department
- St-Laurent (Hésingue) , Haut-Rhin department
- St-Laurent (Les Arques) , Lot department
- St-Laurent (Marseille)
- St-Laurent (Ollioules)
- St-Laurent (Paris)
- St-Laurent (Spicheren) , Moselle department
- Ste-Anne-St-Laurent (Trégastel)
India
Italy
Rome
- San Lorenzo in Damaso
- San Lorenzo Fuori le mura
- San Lorenzo in Lucina
- San Lorenzo in Miranda
- San Lorenzo in Panisperna
- San Lorenzo in Piscibus
Further
- Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze in Florence
- Genoa Cathedral
- Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore alle Colonne in Milan
- Rentsch parish church , South Tyrol
- Parish Church of St. Laurentius , St. Lorenzen , South Tyrol
- Parish church St. Nikolaus / Eggen , South Tyrol (St. Nicholas and Laurentius)
- Trapani Cathedral , Sicily
- San Lorenzo (Turin)
- San Lorenzo Martire (Verolanuova)
- San Lorenzo in Verona
- San Lorenzo (Viterbo) Cathedral in Viterbo
historical:
- San Lorenzo , Benedictine church in Venice that was completely demolished at the beginning of the 19th century with the former tombs of Niccolò and Marco Polo
Croatia
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Austria
Burgenland
Carinthia
- Branch church Lorenziberg in Frauenstein
- Parish church Lavamünd in Lavamünd
- Filial church of Saint Laurentius in Sankt Lorenzen, Magdalensberg municipality
- Parish church Lorenzenberg ob Lavamünd
- Branch church Lorenzenberg in Micheldorf
- Parish church of St. Lorenzen in Reichenau
Lower Austria
- Achau parish church
- Parish church in Alberndorf in the Pulkautal
- Parish church Bierbaum am Kleebühel
- Parish church Dietmannsdorf an der Wild
- Parish church Etzen
- Parish church Freischling
- Parish church Friedersbach
- Parish church Gablitz
- Parish church Großriedenthal
- Haringsee parish church
- Hernstein parish church
- Parish church Hochwolkersdorf
- Parish Church Idolsberg
- Laurenzkirche (Katzelsdorf)
- Langenlois parish church
- Parish Church Loosdorf
- Parish church Mendling zu Lassing
- Parish church Obritzberg
- Filial church Perschling-Haselbach
- Laurenzi Church (Neulengbach)
- Parish church Rabenstein an der Pielach
- Parish Church of St. Lorenzen am Steinfeld in Flatz ( Ternitz municipality )
- St. Laurentius (formerly St. Laurenzi im Thale) Niederhollabrunn
- Sollenau parish church
- Windigsteig parish church
- Parish church Ybbs on the Danube
- Ysper parish church
Upper Austria
- Parish Church Abtsdorf
- Parish Church Altheim (Upper Austria)
- Arnreit parish church
- Enns-Lorch basilica
- Gaspoltshofen parish church
- Parish church of Gramastetten
- Branch church Kimpling
- Parish church of Kleinzell in the Mühlkreis
- Parish church Münzbach
- Pattigham Parish Church
- Pollham Parish Church
- Parish church Schardenberg
- Parish Church Ungenach
- Weichstetten Parish Church
- Filial church St. Lorenz am Mondsee
- Laurenzikapelle St. Ulrich bei Steyr am Damberg
- Wagholming branch church (Taufkirchen an der Pram)
Salzburg
- Parish Church of Adnet
- Parish church Bramberg am Wildkogel
- Catholic branch church hl. Laurentius, Mariapfarr-Althofen
Styria
- Parish church of St. Laurentius (St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald) in Aibl
- Parish church Edelschrott in Edelschrott
- St. Laurentius parish church in Gleisdorf
- Parish church Hengsberg in Hengsberg
- Parish church of St. Lorenzen in the Paltental
- Parish church Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel
- Parish Church of St. Lorenzen near Knittelfeld
- Parish church hl. Laurentius (Übelbach) in Übelbach
- Filial church St. Lorenzen ob Katsch in St. Lorenzen ob Katsch , Teufenbach-Katsch
- Filial church St. Lorenzen on Autersberg near Birkfeld
Tyrol
- Old parish church of Stans
- Parish church of Tösens
- Parish Church of Wörgl
- Laurentiuskirche (old parish church) Wattens
Vorarlberg
Vienna
- Schottenfelder Church (Vienna new building)
- Breitensee Parish Church (Vienna-Penzing)
- Parish Church Altsimmering (Vienna-Simmering)
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
- St. Laurentius (Bülach) , Canton of Zurich
- St. Laurentius (Erlinsbach) , Canton Solothurn
- Parish church of Santi Lorenzo e Agata , Faido , Canton Ticino
- St. Laurentius (Frauenfeld) , Canton Thurgau
- Saint-Laurent (Lausanne) , Canton of Vaud
- San Lorenzo Cathedral (Lugano) , Canton Ticino
- St. Lorenz Chapel (Paspels) , Canton of Graubünden
- Laurentiuskapelle (Rickenbach) , Canton Solothurn
- St. Laurentius , Rudenz , Canton Obwalden
- San Lurench Church in Sils Baselgia GR , Canton of Graubünden
- San Lorenzo (Sobrio) , Canton Ticino
- Laurentiuskapelle (Wallenschwil) in Beinwil (Freiamt) , Canton Aargau
- St. Laurentius (Winterthur-Wülflingen) in Winterthur - Wülflingen , Canton of Zurich
- Winterthur City Church in Winterthur , Canton of Zurich
Spain
Czech Republic
- St. Lawrence (Chodov)
- St. Lawrence (Horní Blatná)
- Parish Church of St. Laurentius (Korolupy)
- St. Laurentius (Prague) (Chrám sv. Vavřince) (Old Catholic) on the Petřín (Laurence Hill )
- St. Lawrence in Ovesné Kladruby , Okres Cheb
- St. Laurentius , Jablonné v Podještědí, Okres Liberec (Bazilika Minor svatého Vavřince a svaté Zdislavy)
United Kingdom
- St Laurence (Bradford-on-Avon) , England
- St Laurence's Church (Greenock) , Scotland
See also
- Laurentiuskirche - an overview of the churches of other saints
- St. Lawrence Church
- St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Web links
Commons : Laurentiuskirche - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files