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Interior of the church of Our Lady of Health, Grad Krk, Croatia
Despite the evident restaurations, one can well appreciate the Romanesque architecture. The fact that a church built by the Benedectines during the XII th century was dedicated to Archangel Michael is relevant. In those times the cult of St.Michael was associated to the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Benedectines were particularly passionate about that. Pope Urbanus II, who proclaimed the 1st. crusade, (“Dieu le volt”), was a former abbot of Cluny. Few decades later, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of the Cistertians, preached the 2nd Crusade.
Interior of the church of Our Lady of Health, Grad Krk, Croatia
Despite the evident restaurations, one can well appreciate the Romanesque architecture. The fact that a church built by the Benedectines during the XII th century was dedicated to Archangel Michael is relevant. In those times the cult of St.Michael was associated to the pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Benedectines were particularly passionate about that. Pope Urbanus II, who proclaimed the 1st. crusade, (“Dieu le volt”), was a former abbot of Cluny. Few decades later, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of the Cistertians, preached the 2nd Crusade.