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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ⓘ, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
St. Andrew's (German: St. Andreas) is a 10th-century Romanesque church located in the old town of Cologne, Germany. It is one of twelve churches built in Cologne in that period. [2] Archbishop Gero consecrated the church in 974, dedicating it to St. Andrew, although an earlier church at the site was dedicated to St. Matthew.
In October 1794, the city of Cologne was captured and occupied for the next 20 years. This occupation put a definite end to the medieval traditions of the city, and began a strong anti-clerical movement in its place. As a result, the archbishopric in Cologne was ended in 1801, and the Cologne Cathedral was designated as a normal parish church.
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It contains 190 parchment pages of mass prayers and a pre-stapled calendar in which the feast of Saint Gereon on October 17th and the church consecration on July 28th are mentioned. Full-page decorative pages, ten images of the history of salvation, an image of Christ enthroned and a depiction of Gregory the Great make it a major work of ...
Previously, it was suggested that the first Cologne Cathedral stood at the site, but archaeological evidence has since ruled out this possibility. From documentation of the home in 965, it is known that Bruno the Great , archbishop of Cologne, designated 50 pounds of silver for the completion of the church building.
In 2002, a collar bone, one of the relics in the shrine, was moved to St Albans Cathedral in St Albans, England, and placed in the shrine to Saint Alban there. The church also contains a 12th-century shrine to Maurinus of Cologne said to contain the remains of this saint. [7] A more modern shrine, completed in 2006, stands in the northern aisle.
Caption text says "Cologne, the Cathedral in the Background. Drawn by Hermann Peters in the Illuslrite Zeitung" Source New York Times, June 10, 1923 "Germany Kills Her Golden Goose" Date before 1924 Author Hermann Peters Permission (Reusing this file) Published before 1928