St. Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula)

Cathedral of St Martin
Katedrála svätého Martina

Cathedral of St Martin
49°00′01.8″N 20°44′25.8″E / 49.000500°N 20.740500°E / 49.000500; 20.740500
Location	Spišská Kapitula
Country	Slovakia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Dedication	St Martin of Tours
Dedicated	1478
Architecture
Status	Active
Functional status	Cathedral
Administration
Diocese	Spiš
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Štefan Sečka

St. Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula) is a cathedral in Slovakia. It is located in the town of Spišská Kapitula and is the cathedral church of the Spiš diocese.

History

The cathedral was built between the 13th and 15th centuries in the Romanesque and Gothic styles. It is one of the largest and most interesting Romanesque monuments in Slovakia. It contains many mediaeval carved altars and is the resting place of many lords of Spiš Castle; the 15th century carved marble tombstones of the Zápoľský family are of exceptional quality. A recently restored wall-painting from 1317 depicts the coronation of Charles Robert of Anjou as the King of Hungary; another painting in the cathedral is the source for the provisional name of the anonymous Master of Kirchdrauf. Spišská Kapitula became the main seat of the church administration in the region in the 12th century. In 1776 it became the seat of the Diocese of Spiš, after Hungarian queen Maria Theresa splitted Diocese of Eger (now Archidiocese of Eger).

Spišská Kapitula was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

External links

Photos of St. Martin's cathedral in Spišská Kapitula (Polish)

Cathedrals in Slovakia

Roman Catholic	St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica) St. Martin's Cathedral (Bratislava) St. Elisabeth Cathedral (Košice) St. Emmeram's Cathedral (Nitra) Our Lady of Sorrows Concathedral (Poprad) Saint Nicholas Concathedral (Prešov) Assumption of Mary Cathedral (Rožňava) St. Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula) St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Žilina)

Greek Catholic	Temple of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Bratislava) Temple of Birth of the Holy Mother of God (Košice) Temple of St. John the Baptist (Prešov)

Military Ordinariate	Trinitarian Church (Bratislava)

Coordinates: 49°00′02″N 20°44′27″E / 49.00056°N 20.74083°E / 49.00056; 20.74083

Authority control	GND: 4593027-2

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