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Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias

Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias

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Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias

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Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Franz Josef Klingen

December 13, 2023

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St. Matthias is the destination of many pilgrimage routes of the St. Matthias Brotherhood (SMB) from the Lower Rhine, the Eifel, the Middle Rhine and the Moselle. Thousands of pilgrims have been making their way to the only tomb of the apostles north of the Alps every year for centuries - often between Ascension Day and Pentecost.

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Thomas Keyser

October 1, 2017

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History: abteistmatthias.de

cited from there:
Pilgrims have been making their way to the shrine of the apostles in Trier for more than 800 years, and the pilgrimage is surprisingly lively, with most of the 180 pilgrimages having a long or very long tradition, some of them being already 200, 500 or even 800 years old or young In the ups and downs of the times, they have always been able to find that connection between past and present that makes a tradition alive and attractive. "

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JakobusPilger

June 10, 2021

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Saint Matthias is one of the twelve apostles from the closest circle of Jesus' disciples, but was not - like the rest - called into this office by himself. After …

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Sirzenich Waterfall Trail – Sirzenich Waterfall loop from St. Matthias

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Pavilion at Schloss Monaise – Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias loop from Trier Süd

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