Kollegiatstift St. Simeon

Church in Trier, Germany

St. Simeon's Collegiate Church (German: Simeonstift) was a collegiate church in Trier, Germany, incorporating the Porta Nigra, the Roman gate of the city. It was established some time after 1035 and dedicated to the Greek monk Simeon of Trier, who had lived in the Porta Nigra as a hermit. It was dissolved in 1802. Its cloister is now a museum under the name Stadtmuseum Simeonstift ("City Museum of the Simeonstift"). Simeon of Trier settled at the Porta Nigra in 1028, allegedly walling himself up inside it. After his death on 1 June 1035, he was buried on the ground floor. In the same year he w

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Type:

Church

Where:

Trier, Germany

Coordinates:

49.76°N, 6.64°E

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