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3 days ago · The main dome of the Hagia Sophia was the largest pendentive dome in the world until the completion of St Peter's Basilica, and it has a much lower height than any other dome of such a large diameter. The great dome at the Hagia Sophia is 32.6 meters (one hundred and seven feet) in diameter and is only 0.61 meters (two feet) thick.
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The Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a...
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5 days ago · The first cathedral built in the Americas. Abandoned in the 14th century. Notre-Dame de Paris: Paris: France: 1160–1260 Roman Catholic Medieval Catholic cathedral located in Paris, France, consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Veliko Tarnovo
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5 days ago · And Cecilia is revered as the patron saint of music and musicians because, the legend says, on her wedding day, when the hired musicians sang bawdy songs, she sang a song to Christ in her heart. After her martyrdom, Cecilia was buried in a catacomb outside the walls of Rome just off the Appian Way. That catacomb is known as St. Callixtus.
14 hours ago · The story of this enigmatic smiling angel is indeed unique. Built in the first half of the 13th century, together with the existing cathedral building, the angel was placed next to the statue of St. Nicasius, the bishop of Reims who was martyred in the fifth century. According to some historians, the angel once held a palm of martyrdom in his ...
1 day ago · In November 2020 the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse reported that between 1970 and 2015, the church in England and Wales had received more than 900 complaints involving more than 3,000 instances of child sexual abuse, made against almost 1,000 individuals, including priests, monks and church associates. In light of such serious and ...
1 day ago · This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
3 days ago · The statutes of Chester cathedral laid down strict rules for the residence of dean and prebendaries, whose absences were respectively limited to 100 and 80 days a year. (fn. 18) Nevertheless, absenteeism was particularly marked among the cathedral dignitaries in the late 16th century. In 1559 there were said to be only two prebendaries in ...
