Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno, 48th Bishop of Olomouc - Church of St. Valentine (Príbor, North Moravia)
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The depicted stucco CoA of Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno (Karel II. z Lichtenštejna-Kastelkornu), 48th bishop of Olomouc in 1664–1695, you can see above the main entrance of portal of Church of St. Valentine in Príbor.
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Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/25/2015
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The depicted stucco CoA of Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno (Karel II. z Lichtenštejna-Kastelkornu), 48th bishop of Olomouc in 1664–1695, you can see above the main entrance of portal of Church of St. Valentine in Príbor.
Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno (1623–1695) was a Catholic priest and prince-bishop. In 1655 he was ordained priest in the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg. Between 1664-1695 he served as Prince-Bishop of Olomouc in the Moravia. A cultured man, he was among other things a collector of music, and maintained close ties with the imperial court in Vienna throughout his career. [wiki]
Baroque Church of St. Valentine (Kostel Sv. Valentina), part of former Piarist convent and college, belongs among the most valuable historic and architectural monuments of town Príbor. St. Valentine is filial church of Pribor Roman Catholic parish. Originally a wooden church, St. Valentine was ordered to be built in 1597 by Dorota Bremlová - the widow of the Portreeve of town Príbor and her son Valentine. When the general Mansfeld' army (The Protestant' Hague Coalition during Thirty Years' War) attacked Príbor in 1626, the city and the church of St. Valentine were burned down. A new church, also wooden, was built in the same location. By the decision of Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno, on February 5th 1694, a Piaristic college and high school were established close to the church. The town donated the church of St. Valentine to Piarist order.
Between 1758 and 1766 the church was reconstructed in the Baroque style as we know it today. The construction was supervised by the local chancellor of the Piaristic college and Heliodor Knauer, a native from Pribor. Another fire burned down the church in 1785. The entire dome and roof were destroyed. The onion-like dome of the tower was never reconstructed again. A cemetery was created around the church and was used by Piarists.