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The Apollinariskirche is a church on the site of a Roman temple on the Apollinarisberg, a hill above the German town of Remagen. That hill was known as the Martinsberg in the 5th and 6th centuries, presumably after a Frankish chapel there dedicated to
Paul-Georg Custodis
: The Church Of St.Apollinaris In Remagen, Germany-Its Significance And Restoration">Paul-Georg Custodis">Paul-Georg Custodis
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The Apollinariskirche is a church on the site of a Roman temple on the Apollinarisberg, a hill above the German town of Remagen. That hill was known as the Martinsberg in the 5th and 6th centuries, presumably after a Frankish chapel there dedicated to Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to:
People
* Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France
* Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal)
* Pope Martin I (598–655)
* Saint Mart ...
, patron of the Franks. In the 9th century this chapel was replaced by a Romanesque church.
In 1110 the Benedictines of the Michaelsberg Abbey, on the initiative of the people of Remagen, set up a provost there. The relics of Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna probably arrived on the mountain at the end of the 14th century, since a pilgrimage to the Apollinarisberg is recorded in 1384. The sarcophagus is the main relic in the 14th century crypt of the church.
A new Neo-Gothic church was built on the site from 1837 to 1852.
External links
Paul-Georg Custodis
: The Church Of St.Apollinaris In Remagen, Germany-Its Significance And Restoration">Paul-Georg Custodis">Paul-Georg Custodis
: The Church Of St.Apollinaris In Remagen, Germany-Its Significance And Restoration(PDF; 30 kB) Roman Catholic churches in Rhineland-Palatinate Remagen {{RhinelandPalatinate-struct-stub