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Bologna Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro, Cattedrale di Bologna), dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna. Most of the present building dates from the 17th century, with a few parts from the late 16th century.
The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the Bishop of Bologna in the fifth century. Construction began in 1390 and its main facade ...
It was a mosque before being rebuilt as a Catholic cathedral. [19] [20] Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 11,241 [21] 480,000 [22] 8,600 1892–present New York City United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Unfinished. Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń: 10,090 [citation needed] 300,000 [23] 7,000 [24] 1994–2004 Licheń Stary ...
Inside there are 12 columns of marble and brick, while in the center there is a shrine that housed the relics of San Petronio, found here in 1141. The door of the Sepulcher is opened one week a year, after the celebration of mass midnight Easter, in the presence of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher.
San Petronio vescovo di Bologna nella storia e nella leggenda (in Italian). Roma: Pustet. Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 778–790. (in Italian) Lanzoni, Francesco (1832). ed. G. Cantagalli. Cronotassi dei vescovi di Bologna dai primordi alla fine del ...
More than 1,000 people filled the pews of the revered New York cathedral on February 15 to honor the legendary trans activist Cecilia Gentili, who died on February 6 at 52.
The public sculptural work was carved as one of the artist's large-scale projects through a commission for San Petronio, a basilica in Bologna, following her success from her early beginnings of carving peach-pits and plum-stones. [3] She gained the commission through her unnamed husband, who vouched for her to the wardens of the cathedral. [3]
This photograph shows a new altar (front) designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet, at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Paris. A look back: How Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored 5 years ...