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Magdeburg Cathedral (German: Magdeburger Dom), officially called the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catherine (German: Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina), is a Lutheran cathedral in Germany and the oldest Gothic cathedral in the country. It is the proto-cathedral of the former Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg.
Maurice is the patron saint of the Duchy of Savoy (France) and of the Valais (Switzerland) as well as of soldiers, swordsmiths, armies, and infantrymen. In 1591 Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy arranged the triumphant return of part of the relics of Saint Maurice from the monastery of Agaune in Valais. [14]
Morizkirche (or Stadtkirche St. Moriz) is a Protestant church dedicated to Saint Maurice in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, and is the town's oldest church. Its earliest remaining structures date back to the 14th century, which superseded a church from the 12th century.
Saint Erasmus and Saint Maurice is an oil on wood painting by German artist Matthias Grünewald. It was commissioned by Albert of Brandenburg, executed between 1520 and 1524, and originally intended for the new cathedral in Halle. It is now held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. [1]
The Magdeburg provosts at St. Sebastian's Church were also appointed episcopal commissioners. The Catholic church structure persisted even after the division of Germany from 1949 when Magdeburg, then part of East Germany, remained the see of auxiliary bishops sent from Paderborn in West Germany.
Cologne Cathedral in Cologne.. This is the list of cathedrals in Germany sorted by denomination.. Some pre-Reformation cathedrals in Germany, now within one of the Lutheran or united Protestant churches (co-operating in their umbrella organisation Protestant Church in Germany) still retain the term cathedral, despite the churches Presbyterian polity which does not have bishops (in some ...
View inside the lead coffin. Initially buried in the St Maurice monastery, Edith's tomb since the 16th century has been located in Magdeburg Cathedral. [3] Long regarded as a cenotaph, a lead coffin inside a stone sarcophagus with her name on it was found and opened in 2008 by archaeologists during work on the building.
Church of Saint Maurice may refer to several churches: Église Saint-Maurice, Annecy, France; Church of Saint Maurice (Augsburg), in Augsburg, Germany; Church of Saint Maurice (Berlin), in Berlin, Germany; Church of Saint Maurice (Ebersmunster) in France; Church of Saint Maurice (Hildesheim), in Hildesheim, Germany; St Maurice's Church ...