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May 19, 2024
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The Chapel of St. Jakob Gonten is located southwest below the Kronberg peak at an elevation of 1,445 meters in the Appenzell Alps in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. In 1464, mention was made of the chapel, hermit's cottage, and healing St. James's Spring. In 1456, mass was still read from a portable altar. The chapel was rebuilt in 1859.
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January 2, 2024
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St. James Chapel
It is not certain that hermits existed at the chapel and the healing spring on the northern slope of the Kronberg in the High Middle Ages. The …
It is not certain that hermits existed at the chapel and the healing spring on the northern slope of the Kronberg in the High Middle Ages. The …
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•Lutz - Berlin
July 27, 2021
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Already in the 15th St. James was worshiped here in the 19th century.
The beginnings of the worship of James at the place are related to a legend: According to this, the apostle is said to have hurled his walking sticks away from Santiago de Compostela with force, and they fell down on Kronberg. This explains the origin of the two pilgrim sticks in the colors red and yellow (Spanish national colors!).
The beginnings of the worship of James at the place are related to a legend: According to this, the apostle is said to have hurled his walking sticks away from Santiago de Compostela with force, and they fell down on Kronberg. This explains the origin of the two pilgrim sticks in the colors red and yellow (Spanish national colors!).
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