Church of St. Pelagius
The church of St. Pelagius characterizes the townscape of Bischofszell and dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries. From 1535 to 1968, St. Pelagius' Church served as a place of worship for both Christian denominations.
St. Pelagius was originally built as the church of the Pelagius monastery, which one of the bishops Salomon founded in the second half of the 10th century as a spiritual center halfway between the episcopal city of Constance and the Benedictine abbey of St. Gallen. This is how the later town of Bischofszell ("cell of the bishop") came to be named. The patron saint of the church is St. Pelagius from Hungary, who was beheaded at the age of 25 because he refused to renounce the Christian faith.
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Kirche St. Pelagius
Kirchgasse 16
9220
Bischofszell
Schweiz
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Bischofszell
Just like in the old days, the silhouettes of the night watchmen can still be seen in Bischofszell today. Each evening before the new moon, they take the original route through the dark alleyways.