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Christ Church Cathedral is one of Ireland’s most historic buildings and its story is fascinating. The earliest manuscript dates Christ Church Cathedral to its present location around 1030. Dúnán, the first bishop of Dublin and Sitriuc, Norse king of Dublin, founded the original Viking church, which was probably subject to the archbishop of ...
History. Four years before St. Louis was chartered as a city in 1823, Christ Church was organized by 26 people who assembled for a service in a building that previously had been a dance hall and a courtroom. That worship service on Oct. 24, 1819, was the first for an Episcopal-Anglican congregation west of the Mississippi River.
The cathedral was founded in the early 11th century under the Viking king Sitric Silkenbeard. It was rebuilt in stone in the late 12th century under the Norman potentate Strongbow, and considerably enlarged in the early 13th century, using Somerset stones and craftsmen.
Christ Church became one of the first Gothic-style churches in the United States. It is modeled after York Minster in England and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1912, the Rt. Rev. Chauncey Bruce Brewster, fifth Bishop of Connecticut, proposed designating a large urban parish to serve as a cathedral for the Diocese.
The site was historically presumed to be the location of the nunnery founded by St Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford, and the shrine is now in the Latin Chapel; originally containing relics translated at the rebuilding in 1180, it was the focus of pilgrimage from at least the 12th until the early 16th century. [3]
The Christ Church Cathedral is the only church in New Zealand designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. British architect Robert Speechly was brought out to supervise construction, and the foundations were laid in 1864 but work ceased by 1865 due to lack of money.
2 de ene. de 2024 · Christ Church Cathedral was founded in the early 11th century under the Viking king Sitruic Silkenbeard (amazingly, that is his real name!). Originally built as a wooden structure in 1030 with the help of an Irish priest, it was rebuilt in stone in 1172.
