Location Nitra Denomination Roman Catholic Opened 1642 Phone +421 37/772 17 47 Architectural type Church | Country Slovakia Bishop(s) Viliam Judák Architectural style Baroque architecture Dedication Emmeram of Regensburg | |
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Address Námestie Jána Pavla II. 1012/7, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Nitra Similar Nitra Castle, Diecézne múzeum, Church of the Visitation, Nitra Synagogue, Ponitranské muzeum | ||
St. Emmeram's Cathedral (Slovak: Bazilika svätého Emeráma) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Nitra, Slovakia. The entire cathedral is housed in the Nitra Castle precinct, much like Prague Castle.
It was originally built in the Gothic style and is composed of many parts. The upper church dates from 1333-1355. The rotunda dates back to the 11th-12th century and houses a silver reliquary made in 1674. Another reliquary in the cathedral houses some relics of Saint Cyril. The lower church was built between 1621-1642. Later on the entire cathedral complex was remodelled in the Baroque style.
Saint Emmeram of Regensburg, to whom the cathedral is dedicated, was an itinerant bishop who did missionary work from the court of the duke of Bavaria, Theodo I.