Church of St. Vincent
A-9844 Heiligenblut - Austria
Phone: +43 (0) 4824 2001 - Fax: +43 (0) 4824 200143
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The resort of Heiligenblud takes its name from a phial of the blood of Christ brought here from Constantinople in the 10th century which is preserved on the Gothic parish Church of St. Vincent which dates from 1490. The church has a number of notable features; a 10.6 metre high renaissance polychrome altar by Wolfgang Asslinger and Marx Reichlich depicting the crowning of the Virgin, a 15th century fresco of St. Christopher and a Veronica Altar also from the 15th century. With its elegant Gothic design and beautiful, slender spire, St. Vincent’s harmonises perfectly with the surrounding mountains.
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