Coventry Cathedral

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Anglican cathedral church building

Coventry Cathedral is a historic English church in Coventry, renowned both for its medieval ruins destroyed in World War II and its striking modernist replacement symbolizing reconciliation and peace.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Coventry Cathedral Community of the Cross of Nails 1
New Coventry Cathedral 1
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
affiliation Cross of Nails ⓘ
surface form: Community of the Cross of Nails
alsoKnownAs Cathedral Church of St Michael ⓘ
architect Basil Spence ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
causeOfDestruction World War II bombing ⓘ
consecrationDate 1962-05-25 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1956 ⓘ
coordinates 52.408°N 1.507°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1940-11-14 ⓘ
dedicatedTo St Michael ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
destroyedInEvent bombing of Coventry ⓘ
surface form: Coventry Blitz
diocese Diocese of Coventry ⓘ
foundingDate 12th century ⓘ
function seat of the Bishop of Coventry ⓘ
governingBody Chapter of Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
hasArtwork Graham Sutherland tapestry of Christ in Glory ⓘ
Jacob Epstein sculpture St Michael and the Devil ⓘ
John Hutton Great West Screen ⓘ
hasFeature Charred cross from bombed roof timbers ⓘ
Cross of Nails ⓘ
hasMotto Father Forgive ⓘ
hasOrgan pipe organ by Harrison & Harrison ⓘ
hasPart new cathedral building ⓘ
old cathedral ruins ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageStatus major symbol of post-war reconstruction in Britain ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1962 ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Anglican ⓘ
locatedIn Coventry ⓘ
England ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
predecessor medieval St Michael’s Church ⓘ
province Province of Canterbury ⓘ
symbolizes peace ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
website https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy Trinity Church, Coventry → adjacentTo → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
St Michael’s Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Cross of Nails → associatedWith → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coventry Cathedral Community of the Cross of Nails
Diocese of Coventry → cathedral → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Diocese of Coventry → centralChurch → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Moonlight Sonata → damageTo → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Diocese of Coventry → episcopalSee → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Coventry → famousFor → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Diocese of Coventry → hasAdministrativeCentre → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Coventry → hasLandmark → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Coventry → hasLandmark → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral
Coventry → hasLandmark → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Coventry Cathedral
St Mary’s Guildhall → locatedNear → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum → nearbyFeature → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
Cross of Nails → notableLocation → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: new Coventry Cathedral
Cross of Nails → originatedIn → Coventry Cathedral ⓘ