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Lüdinghausen
(Stadt Lüdinghausen)
Kr. Coesfeld
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Disselhook 6
(Gymnasium Canisianum)

Petrus Canisius

Pieter Kanis
(Nijmegen 1521 - Fribourg, Switzerland 1597)
important Jesuit Catholic priest who fought against the spread of Protestantism in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and Switzerland
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1960

Description

Bronze statue of St. Petrus Canisius protecting a school boy, placed on a console on the front façade of the Gymnasium Canisianum.

Inscription(s)

Signed: monogram GH? 1960

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 51°46'3" - E 7°26'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw253; Photograph: 12 October 2012
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