Talgje Church

{{short description|Church in Rogaland, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Talgje Church |full_name = Talgje kyrkje |former_name = |image = Talgje kyrkje.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|59.10627|5.84148|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Stavanger Municipality]], [[Rogaland]] |country = [[Norway]] |previous_denomination = [[Catholic Church]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Stavanger|Stavanger bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Tungenes prosti]] |parish = Talgje |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |dedication = [[Virgin Mary]] |founded = c. 1140 |consecrated = |completed = c. 1140 |closed = |events = |architect = |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Stone |capacity = 126 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Automatically protected |ID = 85069 }} }}

'''Talgje Church''' ({{langx|no|Talgje kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in the large [[Stavanger Municipality]] in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located on the island of [[Talgje]]. It is one of the two churches for the Talgje [[parish]] which is part of the [[Tungenes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]]. The old, stone church was built in a [[long church]] design around the year 1100 using designs by an unknown [[architect]]. The church seats about 126 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talgje kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/549 |access-date=2020-10-18 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2020-10-18 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=no}}</ref> The church is dedicated to the [[Virgin Mary]].

==History== The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1280, but the church was likely built around the year 1140. The church was located on the farm ''Garå'' or ''Gardå'' on the island of Talgje. The church has a rectangular [[nave]] and a narrower, rectangular [[chancel]] with a stone [[apse]]. Originally, the church probably had a tower on the west end. The church was built as part of a large estate on Talgje. The estate was owned by old Norwegian nobility throughout the [[Middle Ages]]. [[Gaute Erlingsson]] owned the estate for a time.<ref name="km">{{Cite web |title=Talgje kyrkjestad |url=https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https://data.kulturminne.no/askeladden/lokalitet/85069 |access-date=2020-10-18 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=no}}</ref>

During a renovation and restoration in 1870, the south portal of the nave was moved to a newly built [[Porch (or Vestibule, in Architecture)|porch]] in the west and made wider. The chancel arch is the only one in Rogaland that is still intact. Before the restoration, there was a long runic inscription on the south wall that told who had the church built and that a charitable foundation had also been established, probably a hospital. Until 1840, the ruins of a rectangular stone building, possibly from the 13th century, were located just east of the church and they may have been (2nd generation of) such a hospital.<ref name="km" />

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Talgje kirke, Talgøy Kirke, Rogaland - Riksantikvaren-T233 01 0009.jpg Talgje kirke, Talgøy Kirke, Rogaland - Riksantikvaren-T233 01 0008.jpg Talgje kirke, Talgøy Kirke, Rogaland - Riksantikvaren-T233 01 0005.jpg </gallery>

==See also== *[[List of churches in Rogaland]]

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[[Category:Churches in Stavanger]] [[Category:Stone churches in Norway]] [[Category:12th-century churches in Norway]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1140]] [[Category:Churches completed in the 1140s]] [[Category:12th-century establishments in Norway]]