Heilige Margarethe - Gotha, TH, Deutschland
N 50° 57.017 E 010° 42.301
32U E 619764 N 5645680
Holzskulptur der heiligen Margarethe in der Margarethenkirche in Gotha.
Waymark Code: WM10WAH
Location: Thüringen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/01/2019
Views: 3
On the northern side of the transition to the sanctuary hangs this wooden sculpture of St. Margarethe.
It was created in 2003 by the sculptor Barbara Neuhäuser from oak wood. It is coloured and has a height of 220 centimetres.
Margareta of Antioch, in the Orthodox Church Marina, (* in Pisidia; † around 305) was a consecrated virgin and martyr at the turn of the 3rd to 4th century.
Legend:
Margareta was the daughter of a pagan priest and was educated by a Christian nurse. When the father noticed the daughter's turning to the Christian faith, he denounced her to the city prefect. Put on trial, she aroused the desire of the judge, who punished her all the harder by rejecting him: she was to be scorched with torches and fried in oil. When she was said not to have been injured during this procedure, she was beheaded. Numerous people were baptized as a result.
Associated Religion(s): Christentum
Statue Location: Margarethenkirche
Entrance Fee: free
Artist: Barbara Neuhäuser
Website: [Web Link]
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