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Stralsund
Stadt Stralsund im Lkr. Vorpommern-Rügen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Schillstraße 27/28
(Johanniskloster)

Sankt Johannes der Täufer

Saint John the Baptist

c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD
itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan."
(Wikipedia)

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Description

Stone statue in a niche above a gate in the wall of the for St. John's convent.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Johanniskloster (Stralsund).

Location (N 54°19'1" - E 13°5'29")

Item Code: demv064; Photograph: 3 August 2016
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