On All Souls’ Day, souls of the dead celebrate Mass in St Vitus’s Church and the cemetery chapel of the Virgin Mary. A pious woman once allegedly wandered in and escaped unharmed only because a spirit warned her to leave her coat and flee. It was found torn to pieces in the cemetery in the morning.
Location and map
- Place
- Pelhřimov
- Municipality / starting point
- Pelhřimov
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 44 km E of Tábora
On All Souls’ Day, souls of the dead celebrate Mass in St Vitus’s Church and the cemetery chapel of the Virgin Mary. A pious woman once allegedly wandered in and escaped unharmed only because a spirit warned her to leave her coat and flee. It was found torn to pieces in the cemetery in the morning.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 252
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.