Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, Classicist church in Liboc, Prague, Czech Republic
The Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian is a Neoclassical building constructed in 1842–1844 by builder Karel Brusta on the site of an earlier Romanesque church. It has a capacity for 620 worshippers, and its altar painting was created by Josef Vojtěch Hellich.
The village of Liboc was donated to the Břevnov Benedictine monastery in a 993 charter, a 12th-century forgery reflecting that era; the church likely dates to the Romanesque period. In 1421 Prague seized Liboc and Utraquist priests served here. Between 1651 and 1685 Bernard of Martinice restored the church, and in 1842–1844 it was demolished and rebuilt in Neoclassical style by builder Karel Brusta, consecrated on 20 October 1844.
The parish was only established in Liboc in 1702, and its priest long also administered Bohnice, Ruzyně, Nebušice, Vokovice, Veleslavín, Řepy, Bílá Hora, Stodůlky, Košíře and Motol. Since 1996 the church and rectory have been administered by Prague Carmelites, who had them adapted; the former nursery next door serves the Domov Svaté rodiny for people with mental disabilities.
The church stands on Libocká Street in Prague-Liboc, on the site of a Romanesque predecessor demolished in 1842. The Carmelites have administered the parish church and the adjoining rectory since 1996, and the former nursery next door now houses the Domov Svaté rodiny for people with mental disabilities.
The church's dedication to Saints Fabian and Sebastian is typical of the period from the late 11th to the first half of the 13th century, which supports the assumption that the original Romanesque church was built then. According to unreliable reports by Václav Hájek z Libočan, the church was founded in 992 by Prince Boleslav II on the site where the pagan lord Hradoboj of Ruzyně had the priest and missionary Prostivoj killed.
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