The largest church in Gerolzhofen is the late Gothic town parish church of St. Maria de Rosario (Mary of the Rosary), affectionately called "Steigerwald Cathedral" by the people of Gerolzhofen. …

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From 1942, only with the knowledge of the pastor Josef Hersam, the church housed the heads of the Frankish apostles Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan in a tower room, who were secretly brought from Würzburg to Gerolzhofen and hidden here. This is how they escaped the bombing of Würzburg on March 16, 1945. The bones were brought back to Würzburg in 1949 as part of a three-day procession. Here is the detailed story: kiliani.bistum-wuerzburg.de/detail/sicht/der-retter-der-haeupter

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Location: Gerolzhofen, Landkreis Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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