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Sint-Joostkapel Breda

Sint-Joostkapel Breda

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Sint-Joostkapel Breda

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Location: Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Mark

September 13, 2022

The chapel dates from 1436 and in that distant past stood outside the city walls of Breda. The patron saint of the plague at the time was St Joost. And around 1936 a Marian chapel was established.
In short, worth a visit.

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Viviane

November 28, 2022

A small chapel in the shopping street of Breda that is definitely worth a visit.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

December 9, 2023

The Saint Joost Chapel at Ginnekenstraat 23 is dedicated to Saint Judocus. He was venerated as a patron saint against infectious diseases and as patron of pilgrims. The chapel is therefore still popular for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostella.

The chapel was built in the first half of the fifteenth century. At that time there was also a Brotherhood of Saint Joost attached to it. In 1518, a cemetery was inaugurated near the chapel, initially intended for local residents, but later mainly for poor people, suicides, executed criminals and other scum. This cemetery was in use until 1827.

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In 1821 the chapel was converted into a house, but after the Second World War the building was given a church function again. The then bishop of Breda, Mgr. In 1943, Hopmans promised to build a chapel at Saint Mary if Breda would be spared from major destruction. Immediately after the liberation, the municipal council offered the St. Joost Chapel for this purpose.

The renovation plans were made by the well-known Breda architect Frans Mol. Among other things, he had to have a completely new choir built. The works of art were created by the Breda artist Niel Steenbergen. The images in the stained glass windows remind us of Breda in the Second World War and its liberation by the Poles. They were made by Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht.
The chapel was consecrated by the bishop on May 3, 1947.

Source: welkominbreda.nl/nl/locations/844765985/sint-joostkapel

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