Tombstone of Boniface Alexandrowicz, Maurycy Branicki, Jan Nepomucen Dąbrowski, Augustyn Gliński and Josephus Kontowtt

Ryga | Latvia

Cemetery at St Francis Church

ID: NGR-000910-P

Tombstone of Boniface Alexandrowicz, Maurycy Branicki, Jan Nepomucen Dąbrowski, Augustyn Gliński and Josephus Kontowtt

Ryga | Latvia

Tombstone in the form of a cross on a plinth. Cross with arms ending in a pyramid. Vertical beam wider at the lower part. On the cross an engraved inscription (1). Plinth with chamfered upper edges. On the front an engraved inscription (2). Location of gravestone secondary.

Inscription:

(1) D. O. M. / Hic quiescunt / in Domino / R. R. P. P. / Ord Praedica= / lorum. / Mauritius Branicki Augustinus Gliński / Josephus Kontowtt, et Bonifacius Alexandro / wicz, qui obiere variis temporibo. //.
(2) Hoc Signume Salulis posuere, pice memorice / Defundor Patres ejus d. Ordinis: / d. 6 Aug 1869. / Accessit R. P. Jaan Nep. Dąbrowski / Ord. S. T. Ref. Miss. Apost. Reg. //.

Time of origin:

1869-1872

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de la tombe 12

Dimensions:

173 x 83 x 39 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

a gravestone probably transferred from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)