370th anniversary of the church of the Irish Franciscans in Prague (today's Divadlo Hybernia)
Mon, 15 Aug
|Our Lady of the Snows (meet at 18:30)
We will meet at Our Lady of the Snows at 18:30 on August 15th, then walk past the church of St. Gall and on to Divadlo Hybernia. More details below...
Time & Location
15 Aug 2022, 18:30
Our Lady of the Snows (meet at 18:30), Jungmannovo nám. 753/18, 110 00 Praha 1-Nové Město, Czechia
About The Event
To start the anniversary commemoration, we will visit Our Lady of the Snows, where mass is celebrated at 18.30. From thence our path will take us past the church named in honour of St Gall (Sv Havel in Czech) who as an Irish missionary travelled with St. Columbanus to bring the Faith to central Europe. The coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV was held in this church on 29 September 1353. To mark the occasion the newly crowned Emperor presented the church with a holy relic in the form of part of St Gall’s skull. It lies encased in a gold and silver reliquary.
Finally we reach the former church of the Irish Franciscans. Following a series of commercial uses since the dissolution of the monastery it now survives as the Divadlo Hybernia. The ground floor of the former church is now the theatre’s restaurant bar and access is…