St Jørgensbjerg Church
Saint Jørgensbjerg Church ( da, Sankt Jørgensbjerg Kirke) is a historic church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. With a nave and chancel in travertine, travertine limestone dating from c. 1080, it is Denmark's oldest preserved stone building. History and architecture The church is located to the northwest of the old town on a little hill overlooking Roskilde Fjord. Archaeological excavations in connection with the church's restoration in the 1950s revealed that it stands on the site of an earlier stone church from c. 1025-30 with a chancel, nave and tower. Today's church was originally consecrated to Pope Clement I, St Clement, the patron saint of seafarers. The name St Jørgensbjerg ("St George's Hill") is first mentioned in 1253 when a ''Skt. Jørgens-gårde'' ("St George's Cemetery") was built north of the church to accommodate those in Roskilde who were suffering from the plague. Thereafter the hill became known as Jørgensbjerg which was also applied to the churc ...
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