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Key Image Metropolitan Cathedral of St David/Eglwys Gadeiriol Fetropolitan Dewi Sant
38 Charles St
CF10 2SF Cardiff/Caerdydd
United Kingdom
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Congregation: Metropolitan Cathedral of St David (Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.48093° N, 3.17404° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1887
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: West-oriented single-nave church of the Gothic Revival style, with a bell tower at its south east corner.
Name derivation: From St David/Dewi Sant of Mynwy, the patron saint of Wales
Organ
  • Built in 1959 by John Compton; 48 stops, three manuals and pedal
Noteworthy
  • Statue of “Our Lady of Penrhys” (Mother Concordia OSB, 1992)
History:
1842:   Construction of the precursor church
1887:   Completion of the current church after three years of construction (architects Pugin & Pugin)
1920:   Raised to Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cardiff
03/03/1941:   Destroyed by incendiary bombs during World War II
Mar 1959:   Re-opened after restoration
Important persons:
Architect:  Pugin & Pugin (English architects of the Gothic Revival; founded by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–52), continued by Edward Welby Pugin (1834–1875), Cuthbert Welby Pugin (1840–1928) and Peter Paul Pugin (1851–1904))
Patron:  David of Mynwy/Dewi Sant (520–588, Hermit, first abbot and bishop of Mynyw (Menevia); patron saint of Wales)
Sources
Wicipedia: Eglwys Gadeiriol Caerdydd, https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglwys_Gadeiriol_Caerdydd, retrieved 04/12/2017
Wikipedia: Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Metropolitan_Cathedral, retrieved 04/12/2017
Wikipedia: Kathedrale von Cardiff, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathedrale_von_Cardiff, retrieved 04/12/2017
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