BASILICA OF ST QUIRIN

NEUSS

GERMANY

In 1050, the body of Roman martyr Quirinus was donated by pope Leo IX to the abbess of the Benedictine monastery in Neuss and the church became a center of pilgrimage. The basilica was erected between 1209 and 1230 and it is one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany with early traces of Gothic.

"Through the centuries, martyrs have abounded in these lands, from the time of the Roman Empire on, with figures like Venantius, Domnius, Anastasia, Quirinus, Eusebius, Pollio, Maurus and many others.”

- St John Paul II

It was too late at night and the basilica was already closed. The fine architecture could be observed from the outside perfectly as well, though.  It is still an impressive building some eight centuries later.

LINKS

Website (German): https://neuss-mitte.de/

Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Quirinus,_Neuss

St Quirinus - Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirinus_of_Neuss

VISITS

February 15, 2017