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When the church or monastery name is also the name of a church saint, "St." rather than "Saint"— St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Peter's Abbey, etc. [1] Use of full stop (period) (.) after "St"; St. Mary's Church versus St Mary's Church is a matter of WP:ENGVAR ; refer to use in reliable sources and consistency within the nation.
episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 997 (995); extant; founded 995 (997), built by Bishop Aldhun; Benedictine monks founded 1093 (or 1083) by Bishop William of St Carileph, who expelled the seculars; dissolved 1539 The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert at Durham The Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, Durham [6 ...
The cathedral is the main one in the monastery and has a space for some 7000 people. 1880–1894 Dzerzhinsky Russia: 21: 76 [22] Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Stavropol Located at the highest point of the city. Stavropol Russia: 22: 75.6 [23] Trinity Cathedral in Morshansk 1836–1857 Morshansk Russia: 23: 75 [24] Dormition Cathedral in ...
Each cathedral contains the seat of the local bishop, often literally a large throne. The bishop's throne is located towards the eastern end of the cathedral, near the high altar, which is main focus of worship. [24] On the altar is served the Eucharist, a symbolic meal of bread and wine in memory of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples. In ...
A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery or collegiate church in which meetings are held. When attached to a cathedral, the cathedral chapter meets there. In monasteries, the whole community often met there daily for readings and to hear the abbot or senior monks talk.
It included 50 townships; townships 35 to 40, ranges 18 to 22, and townships 37 to 41, ranges 23 to 26 of the Dominion Land Survey west of the 2nd Meridian. [5] The abbot's duties were similar to those of a bishop of a diocese. The Territorial Abbey was suppressed in 1998 to become part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. [6]
Medjugorje [note 1] (Serbo-Croatian: Međugorje, pronounced [mêdʑuɡoːrje] ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The portal of Toulouse cathedral featured the Ascension of Christ, while the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy illustrated the contrasts between hell and the virtuous life of Sainte-Foy. [ 7 ] While the portals of cathedrals traditionally faced west, on Romanesque churches they often were oriented toward the main street or square of the town.