Källunge church (''Källunge kyrka'') is a church in

Källunge Källunge is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Källunge District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Källunge is situated in t ...

in the

Diocese of Visby The Diocese of Visby ( sv, Visby stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden consisting of the island of Gotland. Its seat is Visby Cathedral located in the largest town on Gotland, Visby. The Bishop of Visby is also responsible for the episc ...

on the Swedish island of Gotland. The parish of Källunge ('' :sv:Källunge församling'') was merged into Gothem parish in 2010. The church is richly decorated with reliefs and frescoes. The frescoes are important evidence of the strong Byzantine influence on Swedish art of the 12th and 13th centuries. An early depiction of a

nyckelharpa A nyckelharpa (, "keyed fiddle", or literally "key harp", plural ) is the national musical instrument of Sweden. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to chang ...

is found in a relief dating from c. 1350 on one of the gates of the church. The church gives its name to the Källunge codex (Latin ''Codex Kellungensis'') a 1622 collection of choral music by Philipp Dulichius, Melchior Vulpius,

Gregor Aichinger Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565 – 21 January 1628) was a German composer. Life He was organist to the Fugger family of Augsburg in 1584. In 1599 he went for a two-year visit to Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 75 ...

, Nicolaus Zangius,

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his organ ...

, Hans Hassler, Jacobus Gallus,

Johann Walter Johann Walter, also known as ''Johann Walther'' or ''Johannes Walter'' (original name: ''Johann Blankenmüller'') (1496 – 25 March 1570) was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period. Life Walter was born in Kahla, in present-d ...

, Dominique Phinot,

Orlando di Lasso Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Pales ...

, and Johann Bahr among others. The collection was discovered in 1913, though only the alto part is extant. About 100 of the originally ca. 315 pieces have been identified from other collections, although ca. 150 of the pieces originally included in the codex are missing to present (2016) day. The church has a medieval baptismal font made by the anonymous Romanesque sculptor known by the assigned name Byzantios.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kallunge church Churches in Gotland County Churches in the Diocese of Visby Church frescos in Sweden Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden