Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul | |
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The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | |
Püha Peetruse ja Pauluse katedraal | |
59°26′17″N24°44′56″E / 59.4381°N 24.7488°E Coordinates: 59°26′17″N24°44′56″E / 59.4381°N 24.7488°E | |
Location | Tallinn |
Country | Estonia |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1841 |
Consecrated | 26 December 1845 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Cathedral and Parish church |
Architect(s) | Carlo Rossi (architect), Erich Jacoby, Franz de Vries |
Architectural type | Basilica |
Style | Neo-Classical and Neo-Gothic |
Completed | 1844 |
Administration | |
Province | Estonia |
Parish | Tallinn |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan |
Rector | Tomasz Materna |
Vicar(s) | Alfonso Di Giovanni, Igor Gavrilchik, Ain Peetrus Leetma |
St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral (Estonian : Peeter-Pauli katedraal) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration of Estonia. It is situated on Vene street in the Old Town district of Tallinn, Estonia.
Catholicism was introduced to Estonia by force via the Northern crusades and dominated religious life during the Middle Ages. However, following the Reformation during the 16th century, Lutheranism took its place as the dominant faith, and during the time of Swedish rule in Estonia, Catholicism was banned. [1]
Following Sweden's loss of Estonia to the Russian Empire during the Great Northern War, religious freedom was introduced by the new authorities. In 1799, the Catholic parish had grown large enough to be granted the former refectory of the long-since closed St. Catherine's Monastery as a place of worship on the site of the present church. In 1841, designs were made for a proper new church building for the site, which had grown too small. The architect was the well-known St. Petersburg architect Carlo Rossi. He designed a neo-Gothic basilica, without an apse, with a neo-classical exterior.
Between 1920 and 1924, the main, western façade received its present look, a work by architects Erich Jacoby and Franz de Vries somewhat deviating from Rossi's original façade. The interior of the church still reflects Rossi's design, however the wooden, neo-Gothic decoration has been removed. The cathedral has undergone a series of renovations, the latest in 2002–2003. [2] [1] [3]
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