Sankt Olof Church (Sankt Olof)
The Sankt Olof Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church building of the Swedish Church in Sankt Olof in the municipality of Simrishamn in the Swedish province of Skåne län .
location
The church is located west of the local area of Sankt Olof. A little further south is the Sankt-Olof-Quelle .
Architecture and history
The church dates back to the 12th century. The choir and sacristy date from this period . The current two-aisled nave was built in 1400. The church was restored in the 1870s under the direction of the Swedish architect Helgo Zettervall .
In the past there should have been nine altars in the church.
The neighboring Sankt-Olof-Quelle and corresponding pilgrimages were important for the development and expansion of the church. St. Olof's Day is still celebrated on July 29th every year.
The natural scientist Carl von Linné visited the St. Olof Church on June 7, 1749 together with his secretary Olof Söderberg . He described the custom of tossing a coin into an offering box and then running a silver ax over aching limbs in order to heal.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 38 ′ 6.4 ″ N , 14 ° 7 ′ 22 ″ E