The Cathedral Builder Who Never Saw the Spires
In 1248, Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden laid the foundation stone for Cologne Cathedral in Germany. He envisioned a magnificent house of worship that would dwarf...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16.
In 1248, Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden laid the foundation stone for Cologne Cathedral in Germany. He envisioned a magnificent house of worship that would dwarf every church in Europe. Konrad poured his life into the project, but he died in 1261 with only the choir partially built. Generations of architects, stonemasons, and laborers carried the work forward, father to son to grandson.…
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