Brunswick Cathedral
Brunswick Cathedral (German: Dom St. Blasii (et Johannis), lit. in English: Collegiate Church of Ss. Blaise and John the Baptist) is a large Lutheran church in the City of Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
| Brunswick Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| Collegiate Church of Saint Blaise and Saint John the Baptist | |
| Location | Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Blaise, John the Baptist and Thomas Becket |
| Consecrated | 29 December 1226 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Years built | 1173–1195 |
The church is termed Dom, in German a synecdoche - pars pro toto - used for cathedrals and collegiate churches alike, and much like the Italian duomo. It is currently owned and used by a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Brunswick.
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