02 Collection of ex-votos for Saint Quirinus

The votive objects a little farther along are also part of the Park Abbey collection. And they tell us something about how religion was experienced in practice, here at this location. These little wax models of bones, arms, legs, heads, and a large number of ears were offered to Saint Quirinus of Neuss. Saint Quirinus was venerated in Park Abbey, where he was invoked for the healing of bubonic plague, smallpox, gout, leg and foot complaints, paralysis, bone damage, sores, boils, rashes, throat diseases, eye disorders… and earache.

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