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Burgstraße 19
(Willibaldsburg - Vorburg)

Sankt Willibald

Saint Willibald of Eichstätt

prob. Wessex c. 700 - Eichstätt 787 or 788
bishop of Eichstätt; brother of Saint Winibald and Saint Walburga, and through his mother related to Saint Boniface, who ordained him to the priesthood and episcopacy
(Wikipedia)

Christian Handschuher
1713

Description

Stone statue of St. Willibald in a niche above the gate of the Willibaldsburg. Under the statue the coat of arms of bishop Johann Anton I. Knebel von Katzenelnbogen, date 1713 and inscription IO. ANT.

Sculptor

Christian Handschuher (Unterbergen 1651 - Eichstätt 1731), German sculptor, father of Vitus Handschuher (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Willibaldsburg.

Locatie (N 48°53'37" - E 11°10'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby381; Photograph: 11 October 2014
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