BASILICA OF ST VITUS

MÖNCHENGLADBACH

GERMANY

Its history was started as a church erected on a hill followed by a benedictine abbey church. It had to be renovated after bombing in the second world war. The crypt is its oldest place.

"Saint Vitus preferred to die a martyr’s death rather than betray Christ.”

- Pope Benedict XVI

It was already late in the evening and I was tired after a full day. I parked below the hill and climbed the stairs up, walked around and continued refreshed on my journey.

LINKS

Website (German): https://www.sanktida.de/

Wikipedia (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallfahrtskirche_St._Ida_(Herzfeld)

St Ida - Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_of_Herzfeld

VISITS

February 15, 2017