Peterskirche

The Peterskirche—also known as Kirche St. Peter—took its dedication from Saint Peter, and its Catholic parish life would shape this corner of Vienna for centuries. The story begins with an earlier church: a Saint Peter in Vienna is first mentioned in 1137, and a Roman church on the site was later replaced by a Romanesque building, said to have been founded around 800 by Charlemagne, though that claim lacked evidence. That medieval church burned down in 1661, and the drive to rebuild was tied to the Fraternity of the Holy Trinity, with Emperor Leopold I taking a vow after Vienna was ravaged by plague in 1679–1680. Work on the Baroque church began around 1701 under Gabriele Montani, then moved in 1703 to Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, with Francesco Martinelli as main architect. The design was inspired by St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In 1970, Archbishop of Vienna Franz Cardinal König transferred the parish to the priests of Opus Dei. …

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