Lodersleben Church with Baroque gravestones

The church and the old cemetery are a highlight, the baroque grave slabs can be admired.

The highlight are the many historical gravestones.

According to tradition, Saint Pancratius, to whom this church in Lodersleben is dedicated, was publicly executed at the end of the 3rd / beginning of the 4th century under Emperor Diocletian because of his Christian faith. The body of the martyr was buried on the Roman Via Aurelia - in the catacombs later named after him - under today's church "San Pancrazio".
The memorial day of Saint Pancratius is on May 12, he is one of the three so-called "Ice Saints" in popular piety, together with Servatius and Bonifatius (in some areas the "Cold Sophie" is added a day later).