St. Salvator Church (Czech: Kostel svatého Salvátora) is a Catholic church in the Klementinum in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic.[1]
| St. Salvator Church | |
|---|---|
Kostel svatého Salvátora | |
 The church's exterior | |
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| 50°05′10″N 14°24′52″E / 50.0861°N 14.4144°E | |
| Location | Prague |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Carlo Lurago Francesco Caratti František Maxmilián Kaňka |
| Style | Baroque |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Prague |
History
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The church was built on the foundations of the Gothic Church of St. Clement, affiliated with the Dominican Order. For many years, from the turn of the 16th-17th century, it was gradually built by anonymous people, then by Carlo Lurago and Francesco Caratti. As early as 1578 - 1581, the Society of Jesus, led by Rector Giovanni Paolo Campana, laid the foundations of the building, then a chancel and a transept were built.
In 1581, the primate of the neighboring Jewish ghetto, Mordechai Maisel donated 100 thalers to build the church, which testifies to a completely unprecedented tolerant atmosphere and the peaceful coexistence of different religions within Rudolfinian Prague.[2]
At the beginning of the 17th century, a whole nave and a western marble portal with a portico were built. The church received built-in emporiums and stucco decoration. The construction was managed by the Italian architect Carlo Lurago. At the end of the 1740s, a dome was hung above the sanctuary, decorated with stucco from the workshop of Johann Georg Bendl. This is the so-called false dome of the octagonal floor plan on the tholobate. The stucco decoration later had to be removed for its weight and replaced with a new one. From 1654 to 1659, according to Lurago's design, a new representative façade was built with three arched arcades reminiscent of Roman triumphal arches. The church towers were modified and raised in 1714 by architect František Maximilián Kaňka.[3]
In the 18th century, anti-Reformation Jesuit theologian Antonín Koniáš occasionally preached in the church. Between 1805 and 1819, Bernard Bolzano, a university preacher, was here. Jakub Jan Ryba played the organ here in the 1880s.[4] In 1950, Oto Mádr devoted himself to the pastoral care of university youth.[5]
College
editThe adjacent dormitory included the missionary Karel Slavíček, the later Bishop Franz von Dietrichstein, Tomáš Pešina of Čechorod, Saint Jan Sarkander, and the revivalist Josef Dobrovský.[6] After the Velvet Revolution, priests Aleš Opatrný (1990–1991), Jan Jandourek (1993–1995) and Milan Norbert Badal OP (1995–1996) worked in the church, among others.[7]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "St. Salvator Church at Charles Bridge in Prague". Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ "Gal-ed : Grabsteininschriften des Prager isr. alten Friedhofs ; mit biografischen Notizen / hrsg. von Koppelmann Lieben". sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de. 1856. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Škoda, Eduard (2002). Pražské svatyně (in Czech). Libri. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-80-7277-098-4. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Historie farnosti - Akademická farnost Praha". www.farnostsalvator.cz. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ K plnosti života - Cesty víry | Česká televize (in Czech), archived from the original on 2022-02-14, retrieved 2022-02-14
- ^ "Historie farnosti - Akademická farnost Praha". www.farnostsalvator.cz. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Akademická farnost Praha - Akademická farnost Praha". www.farnostsalvator.cz. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
External links
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