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in Langheim. As he bent down to pick up the child, it abruptly disappeared. A short time later, the child reappeared in the same spot along with two floating candles and Hermann reported it to the Cistercians. The next summer, he saw the child a third time. This time, the child bore a red cross on
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its chest and was accompanied by fourteen other figures. The child said they were the fourteen helpers and would help others if a chapel was erected for them. The two candles descended and the vision disappeared, after which the healing miracles began.
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The Mercy Altar, also known as the Gnadenaltar, marks the site where the apparition of the Fourteen Holy Helpers occurred. The fourteen statues adorning the altar are:
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The Cistercian brothers to whom the land belonged erected a chapel, which immediately attracted pilgrims. An altar was consecrated as early as 1448.
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18 days after the third apparition, a fatally ill maid from Langheim was cured after she invoked the help of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
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which are surrounded by shellwork. The pulpit tester (sound board) is made of rays in a spherical shape.
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The central scene of the unobstructed and towering high altar is a larger-than-life painting showing the
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On 24 September 1445, a young shepherd Hermann Leicht saw a crying child in a field near a
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Free-floating white putti bear the pulpit, ornamented with the golden reliefs of the
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The present church was built from 1743 to 1772. Its unique interior, in the style of
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Diagram showing the geometry of the floor plan: ovals and circles meet rectangles.
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and SS Peter and Paul, Ilbenstadt Abbey
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to the Vierzehnheiligen continue to the present day between May and October.
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in Franconia. It sits on a hillside, and on the hillside opposite is
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Basilica of St Lawrence, the Assumption and SS Gordian and Epimachus
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Basilica of SS Potentinus, Felicius and Simplicius, Steinfeld Abbey
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Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Steglitz (Rosenkranz Basilica)
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or golden portal, an entryway to the historic Franconian towns of
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Here I Walk: A Thousand Miles on Foot to Rome with Martin Luther
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Basilica of St Martin of Tours and St Oswald, Weingarten Abbey
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St Eustace holding a stag with a crucifix between its antlers
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Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen
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Basilica of SS Andrew and Mary Magdalene, Knechtsteden Abbey
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Minster Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Ettal Abbey
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St Margaret wearing a crown and holding a cross and dragon
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A web page on the Basilica from College of the Holy Cross
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Minster of Our Lady's Nativity, SS Pelagius and Conrad
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Imperial Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul and St George
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Basilica of the Fourteen Saints is located in Germany
Bad Staffelstein
Denomination
Dedication
Architect(s)
Balthasar Neumann
Style
Baroque
Rococo
Bad Staffelstein
Bamberg
Bavaria
Germany
Baroque
Rococo
basilica
Balthasar Neumann
1743

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