St. Emmeram Cathedral
Bazilika svätého Emeráma
St. Emmeram Cathedral
Bazilika svätého Emeráma
Address:
Podzámska 906/35, 949 01 Nitra
Historical Hungarian county:
Nyitra
GPS coordinates:
48.318416, 18.08711
History
The first church dedicated to St. Emmeram of Regensburg was built at the beginning of the 11th century under the patronage of the Bavarian Gisela, the wife of King Stephen I of Hungary. St. Emmeram was a bishop and martyr, who died in Regensburg, Bavaria.
At the beginning of the 12th century King Kálmán I of Hungary established the diocese of Nyitra. A round church was built in 1158 in Romanesque style. The Upper Church was built between 1333 and 1335 in Gothic style and was modified at the beginning of the 18th century. In addition to this, Bishop Telegdi János of Nyitra built a large Baroque dome between 1621 and 1642, which became the Lower Church. The Chapel of St. Barbara was also added to the Upper Church at that time.
The main altar is adorned by the statues of two saint kings of Hungary, St. Stephen and St. László. On the relief above the chapel of the bishop, St. László can be seen. The statue of St. Emmeram is the oldest statue in present-day Slovakia. The bones of the guardian saints of the cathedral, St. Zoerard-András (Andrew Zorard) and St. Benedict of Szkalka, rest in a coffin made in 1674.
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