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St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia

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Location
  
Alba Iulia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Status
  
Active

Phone
  
+40 258 819 212

Archbishop
  
György Jakubinyi

Country
  
Founded
  
13th century

Functional status
  
Cathedral

St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia

Address
  
Strada Mihai Viteazul 21, Alba Iulia 510010, Romania

Architectural styles
  
Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture

Burials
  
John Hunyadi, John Sigismund Zápolya, Isabella Jagiellon, Andrew Báthory, János Antalfi, Peter Monoszló

Similar
  
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St. Michael's Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Sfântul Mihail, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári Szent Mihály érseki székesegyház) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia, Romania, and the oldest and the longest cathedral in the country.

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History

Towards the end of the 11th century the transversal naves and the first part of the sanctuary of the present cathedral were built in the Romanesque style. During the Mongol invasion of 1241, the church was destroyed. In the middle of the 13th century the cathedral was rebuilt on the old foundation, in the transitory style between Romanesque and Gothic.

Burials

A list of people interred here:

  • John Hunyadi, Regent-Governor (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary
  • Queen Isabella, the wife of John Zápolya
  • John II Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary from 1540 to 1570 and Prince of Transylvania from 1570–1571
  • Andrew Cardinal Bathory, Prince-Bishop of Warmia, and Prince of Transylvania in 1599
  • Áron Márton (1896-1980), Roman Catholic bishop, Righteous Among the Nations
  • References

    St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia Wikipedia