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St. Antonius Church Kevelaer

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Kevelaer

St. Antonius Church Kevelaer

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St. Antonius Church Kevelaer

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Location: Kevelaer, Kreis Kleve, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Sakramentskapelle – Gnadenkapelle Kevelaer loop from Kevelaer

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2. Gnadenkapelle Kevelaer – Niers Bridge loop from Winnekendonk

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3. Chapel of Grace, Kevelaer – St. Antonius Church Kevelaer loop from Kevelaer

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Klaus Heynen

August 25, 2018

Since about 1450 stood at this point, the small Gothic village church. Only after the construction of the basilica 130 years ago was the expansion of the parish church, which was inaugurated in 1904 on a similar ground plan as today as a magnificently designed, neo-gothic church.
After a fire in 1982, it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1987.

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Franz Josef Klingen

December 24, 2023

This is the actual center of the old village of Kevelaers. Only with the emergence of the pilgrimage did the center shift towards the Chapel of Grace and Chapel Square. Kevelaer was first mentioned in a document on May 10, 1300.

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Enrique

September 22, 2025

Already on the way to the main portal, "Ferke(l) s Tön," the patron saint of the parish, greets churchgoers high above on a stele. Saint Anthony (the Great) is the father of monks. His feast day is January 17th. He was born in 251 or 252 in Kome in Middle Egypt. His parents were quite wealthy Christians. After their deaths, he gave away all his possessions and lived a very ascetic life in various places in the desert. He quickly became famous. Disciples gathered around him because they wanted to live like him; others sought his advice or his prayers for healing. Even Emperor Constantine and his sons exchanged letters with Anthony. He died at the age of 105.
What is his significance? He gathered individual hermits into hermit communities and gave them guidelines for how they should live. In essence, he was the "inventor" of monasticism.

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Location: Kevelaer, Kreis Kleve, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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