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(Domhof)

Sankt Hemma

Saint Hemma of Gurk

c. 980 - 1045
noblewoman and founder of religious houses in the Duchy of Carinthia
(Wikipedia) 		Herbert Unterberger
1988

Klagenfurt / Sankt Hemma   Klagenfurt / Sankt Hemma

Description

Stone statue of St. Hemma with a church model in her hand and a child in front of her. The text on the pedestal is partly identical with that on the Marian Column in front of the Cathedral.

Inscription(s)

Hæc statua
primitus
posita fuit
ob liberatam
obisidione
vieñam cæsis
fugatisque
turcis
duodecima
mensis
septembris
DeIparæ
VIrgInI
ChrIstIanorVM
aVXILIo

statua
SANCTAE HEMMAE
posta est anno
mcmlxxxviii

Jnjuria
temporum
marmores robore
comminuto
non minutam
pietatem civium
testatur
hoc monumentum
post
immanis belli
tristia fata
denuo erectum

aVe Mater
tVere CVnCtos VrbIs
fIDeLes CLIentes

This statue
was first
erected
for the liberation
of the Siege
of Vienna killing
and expelling
the Turks
on the twelfth
of the month
September
1683 [the Virgin Mary Help of
Christians]

The statue of
Saint Hemma
was placed in the year
1988

At the end chronogram
1927

Signature

h. unterberger

Sculptor

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Locatie (N 46°37'20" - E 14°18'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atka028; Photograph: 12 September 2016
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