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Petersfriedhof (St Peter's Cemetery) Altstadt the historic centre of Salzburg, Austria.
It is the oldest cemetery in Salzburg, located at the foot of Hohensalzburg Castle. Closed in 1878, the site decayed until in 1930 the monks of St. Peter's successfully urged for the admission of new burials.
Its originally dates back to about 700, when the adjacent Stift St. Peter (St. Peter's Abbey) was established by Saint Rupert of Salzburg. The abbey's cemetery, probably at the site of an even earlier burial place, was first mentioned in an 1139 deed, the oldest tombstone dates to 1288.
Carved into the rock of the hillside are catacombs that may stem from the Early Christian days of Severinus of Noricum during the Migration Period. They include two chapels: The Maximuskapelle and the Gertraudenkapelle, consecrated in 1178 under the Salzburg Archbishop Conrad of Wittelsbach and dedicated to the assassinated Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury.
Information sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersfriedhof_Salzburg#See_also
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Petersfriedhof (St Peter's Cemetery) Altstadt the historic centre of Salzburg, Austria.
It is the oldest cemetery in Salzburg, located at the foot of Hohensalzburg Castle. Closed in 1878, the site decayed until in 1930 the monks of St. Peter's successfully urged for the admission of new burials.
Its originally dates back to about 700, when the adjacent Stift St. Peter (St. Peter's Abbey) was established by Saint Rupert of Salzburg. The abbey's cemetery, probably at the site of an even earlier burial place, was first mentioned in an 1139 deed, the oldest tombstone dates to 1288.
Carved into the rock of the hillside are catacombs that may stem from the Early Christian days of Severinus of Noricum during the Migration Period. They include two chapels: The Maximuskapelle and the Gertraudenkapelle, consecrated in 1178 under the Salzburg Archbishop Conrad of Wittelsbach and dedicated to the assassinated Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury.
Information sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersfriedhof_Salzburg#See_also