Basilica of St. Severin

4 darius savolskis - 10 months ago

Unfortunately I could only see the exterior of the church.

1 thoo regyn - a year ago

Severinskirche
Founded in the fourth century as a cemetery chapel, the church interior was continuously expanded and changed in the following centuries.

Severin (Severinus, approx. 330-400), Holy Bishop of Cologne (397) was the third bishop of Cologne. His veneration comes from the St. Severin Church in Cologne, where the bones of the saint are also located.

Essentially, there are only two written sources that provide clues about Severin's life and tenure:

The Cologne bishops' lists, which have been created since the early Middle Ages, list him as the third incumbent known by name after Maternus and Euphrates.
Around 580, Bishop Gregory of Tours (episcopate 573-594) also describes the life of his predecessor, St. Martin, who died in 396 or 397. It also mentions Martin's Ascension, which the Cologne Bishop Severin experienced in a vision when he visited the holy sites of his episcopal city of Cologne with clerics. From this legendary story it can be concluded that Severin was bishop in Cologne at the time of Martin von Tours's death

The main place of worship of St. Severin is the Church of St. Severin, where a corresponding cult of saints can be traced back to the second half of the 6th century. Severin's first burial probably took place on the Roman burial ground around St. Severin.

Due to the original construction, St. Severin is one of the twelve large Romanesque churches in Cologne.

Due to changes in later centuries, the interior gives a more Gothic impression.
The shrine of St. Severin, built in 1819, is raised in the rear area of u200bu200bthe high choir. In it are the bones of the saint. Furthermore, a cross 'Jesus on the plague cross' is available.

Frankish and Roman graves and a Carolingian foundation wall were found under the church.

5 Bibi Bibubobo - 2 years ago

The Catholic parish church of St. Severin is one of the twelve Romanesque basilicas of Cologne, dedicated to the third bishop of Cologne, Saint Severin. Today's Severinstraße, named after the church of St. Severin, was in Roman times the leading southern arterial road to Bonn. The city’s burial sites were located on both sides of the street. In the 4th century, a small rectangular hall (cella memoriae) was built here under the present nave of St. Severin with apse to the west. After extensions in the 6th and 8th centuries, the construction of a Romanesque basilica was begun and completed around 900.

5 Lothar Krempel - 3 years ago

lots of Roman graves in the basement.

5 Morphchain - 3 years ago

Very nice interior design

4 Vijayshree Patil - 3 years ago

This is very ancient place, i really loved to visit this place again and again. It was very beautiful Church i have ever seen.

5 Cypran - 2 years ago

Didn't have the chance to go in but still can't deny how beautiful this church is from the outside