Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Beschreibung / Description

Gothic Marian column with a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, , standing on a snake. On the sides of the column are three saints' statues.

St. Bonifatius / St. Boniface (Wessex c. 672 - Dokkum 754), the Apostle of the Germans, missionary in the Frankish Empire; patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz. He was martyred in Frisia in 754.

St. Laurentius / St. Lawrence (c. 225 - 258), one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian. Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic (Wikipedia).

St. Elisabeth (Bratislava 1207 - Marburg 1231), princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia; built a hospital where she herself served the sick; symbol of Christian charity (Wikipedia)..

Künstler*in / Artist

• Bertram Peters, German stonemason and sculptor, founded in 1857 a still existing firm in Essen (Biography in Der Vinschger).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

• Essener Welten, Die Mariensäule.
• Skulpturen Kulturraum NRW, Essen.

Stichworte / Tags

• Town: Steele
• Kreis: Stadt Essen
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Boniface, St.
• Elisabeth of Thuringia, St.
• Lawrence, St.
• Marian Column
• Mary (Immaculate Conception), St.
• Peters, Bertram

Lage / Location (N 51°26'47" - E 7°4'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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