Églises doubles ou familles d'églises: les cinq églises du Hemmaberg (Mont Sainte-Hemma)

The Hemmaberg is (with modern designation) a centre of worship, that has gained entry to the archaeological literature since the beginning of our century thanks to R. Egger's publication. Since that time a double church (with a baptistery) has been known (beginning of &''century). The resumption of excavations further resulted in an other church being the origin of the centre of worship (beginning of 5"' century) and another pair of churches - one of them including a baptismal font (beginning of'6'h century). The author exspect.s a differentiation of eucharistic, martyrological and baptismal functions that can be seen at both of the two double churches. Therefore he suggests there were two different Christian communities. Out of consideration for the dating (concurrently with the affiliation o/Noricum to the kingdom of Theodoric) it could have been a Catholic and an Arian (of course a Gothic) Christian community. Big preserved mosaic areas are exhibited in the local museum of Globasnitz and show a clear relation to the common motives in Mediterranean Area (Aquileia, Grado, San Canzian d'lsonz.o, Ravenna).