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St. Sebastian Chapel

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St. Sebastian Chapel

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  • Location: Kupferberg, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    May 10, 2026

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    For a long time, nothing at the Sebastian Chapel near Kupferberg indicated its patron saint. Due to its design, visitors assumed it was a chapel dedicated to Mary. Only during the renovation in 2017 was the old connection to Saint Sebastian made clear again: through an image in the niche above the chapel entrance.
    Many pilgrimage groups stop at the chapel every year on their way to the Marienbasilika Marienweiher for a prayer.
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    December 20, 2021

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    Why the prayer room - simply called “Kapella” in the vernacular - was once entrusted to St. Sebastian is unknown today: the reasons for this patronage may be related to mining, the chaos of war or a rampant epidemic (such as the plague) .

    An old motto from popular piety, for example, is: “St. Sebastian with your arrow, we sick people safe from pestilence ”. The pious relationship of the Kupferberg population to St. Sebastian is also expressed by a corresponding statue in the Catholic parish church of St. Vitus.

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    "O patron Saint Sebastian,
    you take care of us,
    bring consolation and light to our suffering,
    one day lead us to bliss. "
    (Refrain of the Roisdorf Sebastianus song)
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    Location: Kupferberg, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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