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A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra ( Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, [1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. [2] Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and ...
- Cathedral (Disambiguation)
A cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of...
- List of Basilicas
This is a complete list of basilicas of the Catholic...
- Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral ( Italian: Duomo di Firenze ), formally...
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Notre-Dame de Paris ( French: [nɔtʁ (ə) dam də paʁi] ⓘ;...
- Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral ( Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di...
- Cathedral (Disambiguation)
The four so-called "Major Basilicas" are four churches of Rome of 4th century foundation, St John Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore, St Peter's Basilica, and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. [9] There are 1,810 as of 2019 churches in the world which are designated as "Minor Basilicas".
2004–06. 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 ...
The word cathedral is derived from the Latin noun "cathedra" ( seat or chair ), and refers to the presence of the bishop's or archbishop's chair or throne. In the ancient world, the chair was the symbol of a teacher and thus of the bishop's role as teacher, and also of an official presiding as a magistrate and thus of the bishop's role in ...
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