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'''Canterbury Cathedral''' in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.
'''Canterbury Cathedral''' in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.


== Description ==
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077.


It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170.  


The archbishop, being suitably occupied with national and international matters, delegates the most of his functions as diocesan bishop to the Bishop suffragan of Dover.
The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.


Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
== Fiction cross-reference ==


== History ==
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File:Lanfranc-canterbury-mandelbrot.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|[[Canterbury scrying engine]].
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Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077.
* [[Canterbury scrying engine]]
 
The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170.
 
The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Cathedral (nonfiction)]]
* [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)]]
* [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Canterbury scrying engine]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 08:52, 12 June 2016

Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.

Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077.

The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170.

The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late fourteenth century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

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