Basilica of Notre-Dame, Marienthal

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Basilica of Notre-Dame, Marienthal
Basilique Notre-Dame de Marienthal
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Basilica of Notre-Dame, Marienthal
48°46′46.24″N7°49′01.23″E / 48.7795111°N 7.8170083°E / 48.7795111; 7.8170083
Location Haguenau
CountryFrance
Denomination Catholic
Website http://basiliquemarienthal.fr/
History
Status Minor basilica (since 1892)
Founded1250
Founder(s)Albert of Haguenau
Dedication Mary, mother of Jesus
Architecture
Functional status Pilgrimage church
Architectural type basilica
Style Gothic
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1863
Completed1866
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Strasbourg
Parish paroisse Saint Joseph de Marienthal

The Basilica of Notre-Dame, Marienthal (French : Basilique Notre-Dame de Marienthal), is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Located in Marienthal, in the Bas-Rhin department of France, it is administratively situated in the town of Haguenau.

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Pope Pius IX crowned the dolorous Marian image enshrined within in 19 September 1859. Pope Leo XIII elevated the status of the shrine to Minor basilica in 31 May 1892. [1]

The first sanctuary at this site was built around 1250 by the knight Albert of Haguenau (died in 1254), who had had a religious epiphany some ten years prior and had gathered a small community of faithful around him. This first sanctuary, called "Mary in the Valley", venerated a statue of the Madonna and Child which is not preserved today. [2] The two statues that are venerated today, a Madonna and Child and a Pietà, date from the early 15th century. [3] In the 18th century, the basilica also received precious gifts from queen consort Marie Leszczyńska. [4]

The current, spacious church was built in 1863–1866 in the Gothic Revival style, but keeps a Late Gothic sacristy from 1519, decorated with early Renaissance bosses, and elaborate works of art such as a Dormition of Virgin Mary, and an Entombment of Christ, carved in sandstone by the local master sculptor, Friedrich Hammer (also known as Fritz Hammer, or Frédéric Hammer). [5] Among the 19th-century works of art in the basilica figures a set of frescoes by Martin von Feuerstein (1889). [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "9. XIXe : un siècle de gloire". basiliquemarienthal.fr. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "1. Albert de Haguenau, fondateur de " Mariæ in valle "". basiliquemarienthal.fr/. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "3. Début du XVème siècle : origine des 2 statues de la Vierge". basiliquemarienthal.fr. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "7. Maria Leszinska, reine de France : sa dévotion à Notre-Dame de Marienthal". basiliquemarienthal.fr. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "2. 1257-1543 : une communauté de moines guillelmites dynamiques". basiliquemarienthal.fr. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "La basilique Notre-Dame-des-Douleurs de Marienthal à MARIENTHAL (67)". petit-patrimoine.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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