Canterbury Cathedral

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Anglican cathedral Cathedral Church building

Canterbury Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Canterbury, England, serving as the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican cathedral → Cathedral → Church building →
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture → Romanesque architecture →
associatedWith	Geoffrey Chaucer →
associatedWork	The Canterbury Tales →
becameMajorPilgrimageSiteAfter	Murder of Thomas Becket →
country	England →
dedicatedTo	Jesus Christ → Saint Augustine of Canterbury → Saint Thomas Becket →
denomination	Church of England →
diocese	Diocese of Canterbury →
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province of Canterbury →
foundedBy	Augustine of Canterbury →
foundingDate	597 →
function	Cathedral church → Pilgrimage site → Place of worship →
governingBody	Dean and Chapter of Canterbury →
hasFeature	Bell Harry Tower → Chapter house → Choir → Cloisters → Corona Chapel → Crypt → Nave → Trinity Chapel →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
locatedIn	Canterbury → Kent → United Kingdom →
mainBuilderAfter1174	William of Sens →
motherChurchOf	Anglican Communion → Church of England →
notableBurial	Edward the Black Prince → Henry IV of England → Thomas Becket →
partOf	Canterbury World Heritage Site →
rebuiltAfter	Fire of 1174 →
religion	Anglicanism →
seatOf	Archbishop of Canterbury →
significantEvent	Murder of Thomas Becket →
significantEventDate	1170 →
subsequentArchitect	William the Englishman →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1988 →
website	https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/ →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edward the Black Prince → Henry IV of England → John Tillotson → John Whitgift → Thomas Becket →	burialPlace
Canterbury → Canterbury, Kent, England ("Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury") → See of Canterbury →	hasCathedral
Pilgrims’ Way route → Thomas Becket →	associatedWith
Canterbury → Canterbury, Kent, England →	famousFor
Canterbury, Kent, England → South East England →	hasLandmark
Henry IV of England → Stephen Langton →	placeOfBurial
Canterbury ("Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church") → Canterbury, Kent, England →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent
Dean of Canterbury →	appliesToJurisdiction
Province of Canterbury →	archiepiscopalSee
Early English Gothic →	architecturalStyleOf
Dean of Canterbury →	category
Church of England →	cathedralChurchOfCanterbury
Thomas Becket →	deathPlace
The Canterbury Tales ("Shrine of Thomas Becket") →	destinationOfPilgrimage
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral →	governs
See of Canterbury ("Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury") →	hasPrimaryCathedralChurch
Archbishop of Canterbury →	hasSeat
Kent ("Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church") →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral →	locatedIn
Old Palace, Canterbury →	locatedNear
Old Palace, Canterbury ("Canterbury Cathedral precincts") →	locatedOn
Perpendicular Gothic ("Canterbury Cathedral Perpendicular work") →	notableExample
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral →	partOf
See of Canterbury →	pilgrimageSite
Thomas Becket →	placeOfMartyrdom
Dean of Canterbury →	seat
Province of Canterbury →	seatOfArchbishop
Murder in the Cathedral →	settingLocation