Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah () is a small village in the
Municipality of Slovenske Konjice
The Municipality of Slovenske Konjice ( or ; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Slovenske Konjice. Slovenske Konjice became a municipality in 1994.
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in the
Styria
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region of
Slovenia
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.
The church in the village, dedicated to the
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In Christianity, the Visitation, also known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, . The episode is ...
, is the only remaining part of the ''Ecclesia minor'' (
lay
Lay or LAY may refer to:
Places
*Lay Range, a subrange of mountains in British Columbia, Canada
* Lay, Loire, a French commune
*Lay (river), France
* Lay, Iran, a village
* Lay, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community
* Lay Dam, Alaba ...
monastery) associated with the nearby
Carthusian monastery
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also ...
.
[Marijan Zadnikar: ''Žička kartuzija'', Maribor, 1973. ]
References
External links
Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice
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