St. Sylvester, Schwabing

St. Sylvester is a Catholic church and parish in Schwabing, now part of Munich, in the German state (Bundesland) of Bavaria.

A Gothic church was remodelled in Baroque style in the 17th century, and received furnishings such as sculpture attributed to Ignaz Günther or his school.

The new church features an altar painting depicting the patron saint kneeling in prayer for Schwabing, several other altars, and ceiling paintings in Casein technique including the vision of Constantine the Great, the emperor who granted free religion to the Christians while St. Sylvester was pope.

[4] The church features Baroque furnishings including the high altar from 1655, with a main painting by Kaspar Amort: Das Martyrium der heiligen Ursula und ihrer Gefährtinnen, focused on St.

[1][4] Two statues by Constantin Pader [de], of St. Nicholas and St. Elisabeth, dated to 1647, were moved to this church in 1898 from the then demolished "Leprosenkirche" St. Nikolaus in Schwabing.

They depict the vision of Constantine the Great, the emperor who granted free religion to the Christians while St. Sylvester was pope, and six scenes from the Passion of Jesus and his Resurrection.

Annunciation attributed to Ignaz Günther or his school
New church, interior