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Kevelaer
Lkr. Kleve Nordrhein-Westfalen Kapellenplatz
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Portal der Nachfolge ChristiPortal of the Imitation of Christ"Pfarrei Portal""Parish portal" |
Bert Gerresheim
1990 |
Bronze door with various persons. It is named after De imitatione Christi, the work by Thomas à Kempis
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![]() Left door: Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471, Wikipedia), holding a book with his name thomas von kempen, in front of the entrance of the former convent of the Oratorians (now Priesterhaus) in Kevelaer. inscribed [christo pe]regrinanti in terris (to Christ as a pilgrim on earth). |
![]() The right door shows Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, 1910-1997, Wikipedia) praying in front of the porch of the Gnadenkapelle (Chapel of Grace), with [consola]trix afflictor[um] (Comforter of the Afflicted). |
To the left and right of the doors are respectively the book De Imitatione Christi and Utopia by Thomas More.
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