Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
Today half of the students went to see St. Patrick's Cathedral and Christ Church. The remainder went to visit Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol. A blog will be on the Gaol tomorrow.
St. Patrick's Cathedral was built in honour of Ireland's patron saint. Saint Patrick's Cathedral is right beside the famous well where Saint Patrick baptize converts on his visit to Dublin. In 1191 Saint Patrick's parish was granted collegiate status and then in 1224 was raised to a cathedral status. Today's building dates as far back 1224. Saint Patrick's Cathedral is now a National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland.
After visiting Saint Patrick's, we head to Christ Church Cathedral. According to the earliest manuscripts, Christ Church was present as early as 1030. Dúnán, the first bishop of Dublin and Sitriuc, Norse king of Dublin, founded the original Viking church, which was probably subject to the archbishop of Canterbury. By 1152 it was incorporated into the Irish church and within a decade the famous Archbishop Laurence O’Toole had been appointed. This future patron saint of Dublin began a reform of the cathedral’s constitution along European lines and introduced the canons regular of Saint Augustine forming a cathedral priory, which was to survive until the Reformation following the liturgical use of Sarum (Salisbury) in England. (http://cccdub.ie/)
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| Christ Church |
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| Smiles of Dublin |
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Entering Christ Church
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| The Gals |
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| Reverence |
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| Saint Patrick's Cathedral |
Beautiful, old, historical Dublin, and Saints...
