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Sion Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sion (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Sion, Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Glarier) is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. It is the seat of the Diocese of Sion. The cathedral, in the Byzantine style, contains several Roman inscriptions, 15 altars, and many fonts.
Sion (French: [sjɔ̃] ⓘ) [3] is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. As of December 2020 it had a population of 34,978 [4] (known as Sédunois (es)). [5] On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion. [6]
The Valère and Tourbillon castles as seen from Sion. The castle of Valère is located on the Valère hill at 615 meters (2,018 ft) above sea level and dominates the town of Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. [2] The castle's church is located at the top of the hill, while the fortified village and its walls surround it.
The Church of St. Théodule (French: église Saint-Théodule; German: St. Theodul) is a Roman Catholic church located in Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Location [ edit ]
Website of the Diocese. The Diocese of Sion (Latin: Dioecesis Sedunensis, French: Diocèse de Sion, ‹See Tfd› German: Bistum Sitten) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the oldest bishopric in the country and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The history of the Bishops of Sion, of the ...
The Catholic Church in Switzerland, unlike most countries, does not consist of a distinct ecclesiastical province. Instead, all the dioceses are immediately subject to the Holy See. Currently, there are six Latin dioceses and two territorial Abbeys wholly in Switzerland. The only exception is the former diocese of Konstanz. In 1817, the Pope ...
The Catholic Church in Switzerland (‹See Tfd› German: Römisch-katholische Landeskirche, French: Église catholique en Suisse, Italian: Chiesa cattolica in Svizzera, Romansh: Baselgia catolica da la Svizra) is organised into six dioceses and two territorial abbeys, comprising approximately 2.9 million Catholics, about 33.8% [1] of the Swiss ...
Religion in Switzerland is predominantly Christianity. According to the national survey of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, [a] in 2020, Christians accounted for 61.2% of the resident population (aged fifteen years and older), of whom 33.8% were Catholics, 21.8% were Swiss Protestants, and 5.6% were followers of other Christian ...