On the night before All Souls' Day, a procession of ghostly figures emerged from the originally early Gothic Church of St James, formerly St Christopher, and went to the statue of the Virgin Mary. They prayed and sang around it. Then, amid the pealing of bells, they returned to the church, which opened by itself, brightly illuminated.
Location and map
- Place
- Týn Nad Vltavou
- Municipality / starting point
- Týn Nad Vltavou
- District / region
- České Budějovice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 7 km S of Bechyně
On the night before All Souls' Day, a procession of ghostly figures emerged from the originally early Gothic Church of St James, formerly St Christopher, and went to the statue of the Virgin Mary. They prayed and sang around it. Then, amid the pealing of bells, they returned to the church, which opened by itself, brightly illuminated.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 351
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.