Dom St. Peter zu Worms St. Peter’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Worms, Germany. It ceased to be a cathedral in 1802 when the bishopric was secularized during German mediatisation. It had the title of minor basilica bestowed on it in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Construction started on the current building…
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Mainz Cathedral
Der Hohe Dom zu Mainz or MartinsDom Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin’s Cathedral is located in the pedestrianised market square in the historical centre of the city. It is the seat of the Bishop of Mainz in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz – a suffragan diocese of the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of…
St. George’s Church, Lisbon
This is the only English-speaking Anglican congregation in Lisbon. Following a treaty signed between Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and King John IV of Portugal in 1554, English residents were allowed to “profess their own Religion in private houses… and that finally a Place be allowed for them to bury their dead“. A chaplaincy was then…
St. Mark’s English Church, Florence
This is an Anglican church located in the city of Florence in Italy. It forms part of the chaplaincy of St. Mark’s Florence with Holy Cross Bologna, in the Diocese of Europe within the Church of England. The Reverend Charles Tooth founded the church as a centre of worship of Anglo-Catholic members of the Anglican…
Igreja de São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon
The Parish Church of São Sebastião da Pedreira, located in the center of Lisbon, at the top of Rua Tomás Ribeiro, near Parque Eduardo VII. It was founded during the reign of King John IV on the site of Pedreira (quarry) and inaugurated in 1652. The entrance of the church is reached by a side…
Stadtkirche St. Sebastian, Limburg an der Lahn
This is the Catholic city church located in Bishop’s Square in the old town of Limburg an der Lahn and is part of the Diocese of Limburg. It was a monastery church of the former Franciscan monastery. It is thought that the church was built by the Franciscans in the early 14th century and this…
Limburger Dom, Limburg an der Lahn
Cathedral Church of St. George and St. Nicholas This cathedral is prominently located high on a rock overlooking the old town of Limburg and the River Lahn. It is the diocesan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg in the German state of Hesse. It is unknown when the first church was built on…
Seminarkirche St. Michael, Würzburg
This church is the former seminary church of the Würzburg Jesuit College and now the Catholic Church of St Michael. There has been a church on this site since the earliest 13th century. The first was a small chapel dedicated to St Agnes and used as a monastery by the Franciscans. During the 16th century…
St. Stephan zu Mainz
The Collegiate Church of St Stephan is located in the city of Mainz, the capital of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the Gothic style and is also a ‘hall’ church. It is now principally known for it’s stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. The church was originally built in 990…
St. Barbara’s Church – Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Chrám svaté Barbory This is a Roman Catholic church in Kutná Hora in the style of a cathedral. It is dedicated to St. Barbara who is the patron saint of miners (amongst others), which is quite appropriate for a town whose wealth was based entirely on it’s silver mines. Construction began in 1388 but due…
Sedlec Ossuary – Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
The Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary The church was built in the cemetery grounds of Sedlec Cathedral around 1400. The church was built with an upper vaulted level and a lower chapel to be used as an ossuary for the mass graved unearthed during it’s construction or those marked for destruction to…
Sedlec Cathedral – Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and St. John the Baptist This is the oldest Cistercian cathedral in Bohemia and dates back to 1142 when it was founded by monks from Waldsassen Abbey in Bavaria. This was the time of the largest expansion of the Cistercian Order. The abbey was originally built in the…
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 