Trier No. 6 / Augusta Treverorum
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
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view of church exterior - west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan Kühn, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2004 by Stefan Kühn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Benediktinerabtei_St_Matthias_Mariensäule.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2008 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nave_of_St._Matthias'_Abbey,_Trier.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2008 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_nave_of_St._Matthias'_Abbey,_Trier.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
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view of church interior - relics (and reliquaries)
Scene Description: sarcophagus siad to contain St. Mattew's bones
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 July 2015¸)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19974TRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Benediktinerabtei St. Matthias
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew
Church Location: Matthiasstraße 85, 54290 Trier, Germany -- Tel.: +49 651 17090
Country Name: Germany
Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located in the western part of the region, near the border with Luxemburg. The abbey is located towards the S of the city
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Date: ca. 1148?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: original building probably mid-5thC; became Benedictine in 977; relics of St. Matthew found in the demolition ruins in 1127; re-built 1148; expanded 1283;
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern [NB: we have ni information on the font of the church consecrated in 1148].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.738056, 6.631944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 44′ 17″ N, 6° 37′ 55″ E
UTM: 32U 329376 5512199