Church of St. Leodegar (Lucerne)

The Church of St. Leodegar (German: St. Leodegar im Hof or Hofkirche St. Leodegar) is the most important church and a landmark in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was built in parts from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica which had burnt in 1633. This church was one of the few built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years War and one of the largest and art history rich churches of the German late renaissance period.

History

In the 8th century there was already an abbey consecrated to Saint Maurice on the current site of the church, which had been donated by Pepin the Short, and was known at the time as the Monastarium Luciaria. By the 12th century the abbey was under the jurisdiction of the Murbach Abbey, whose patron saint was St. Leodegar.

In 1291 the abbey was sold to the Habsburgs. In 1433 the city of Lucerne, no longer a member of the Eidgenossenschaft, took control of the abbey, and in 1455 it was converted from Benedictine to a “universal order” church.

The monastery experienced a heyday during the time of the reformation due to Luzern being a prominent city for the Swiss Catholic cantons. The papal nuncio, resident in Luzern, used the church as his cathedral during this time.

In 1874 the parish church of St. Leodegar was founded and with that the church became simultaneously a monastery church and parish church, as it is today.

Source

  • Lothar Emmanuel Kaiser: St. Leodegar im Hof, 2003, ISBN 3-89870-132-8
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Daniel Bachmann
18 January 2015
The Church of St Leodegar in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland was built until 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica which had burnt in 1633! Bring your camera to take pictures from the bridge
Noonamsom Narumon
17 February 2011
The place where the believe meets the faith..calm and relax..especially when the time we don't know where to go, but to find ourselves
Thiago Lopes
9 July 2017
É uma igreja pequena por dentro, contando com um acervo de obras de arte bem reduzido. No entanto sua arquitetura é bem bonita, e o local onde ela se localiza rende boas fotos.
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Коллегиальная церковь св. Леодегара. Эта церковь названа в честь святого покровителя Люцерна и является самой главной в городе.
Leonardo Formigaro
30 December 2020
Bella, grande
G G
21 June 2019
Величие просит тишины????????
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