Sveti Andrej (; german: Sankt Andrä
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 64.]) is a settlement in the
Municipality of Škofja Loka in the
Upper Carniola region of
Slovenia.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Andrej'' (literally, 'Saint Andrew') to ''Andrej nad Zmincem'' (literally, 'Andrew above Zminec') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name ''Sveti Andrej'' was restored in 1997. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Andrä''.
Church
The local church, built on a hill above the settlement, is dedicated to
Saint Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
. It is Late
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
, dating to between 1520 and 1530. The nave was vaulted in 1831. The
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
s in the
sanctuary, behind the altar, and one on the exterior were painted by
Jernej of Loka
Jernej of Loka (Bartholomew) was a 16th-century Painting, painter active in the Škofja Loka area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the Upper Carniola region a ...
at the time the church was built and most of the remaining decoration is from the 17th century. The main altar dates to 1773 and the side altars are from the late 17th century.
Municipality of Škofja Loka declaration of local churches as cultural monuments, 23 May 2007
References
External links
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Sveti Andrej on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofja Loka
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