St. Maria ad Gradus

Name: St. Maria ad Gradus
Address: DE

Church in Altstadt-Nord, Germany, dating from 1062

St. Maria ad Gradus ("Our Lady of the Steps", also colloquially called Mariengraden in German language) is the name of a former church located East of the Cathedral of Cologne, Germany, situated between the cathedral and the Rhine. Founded by Herman II, Archbishop of Cologne, the church was the burial site of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia (died March 1063), a former Queen of Poland and a grandchild of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Theophanu. The Romanesque building, 55m long and 42m wide, was probably completed by Archbishop Anno II in 1075, when the relics of St. Agilulfus of Colo

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Type:: Church
Period:: 1062
Where:: Altstadt-Nord, Germany
Coordinates:: 50.94°N, 6.96°E

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