Glasgow Cathedral

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Church of Scotland church listed building medieval cathedral tourist attraction

Glasgow Cathedral is a medieval Scottish church in Glasgow renowned for its Gothic architecture and status as one of the few mainland Scottish cathedrals to have survived the Reformation largely intact.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
St Kentigern’s Cathedral 1
St Mungo’s Cathedral 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of Scotland church ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
medieval cathedral ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High Kirk of Glasgow ⓘ
Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Kentigern’s Cathedral

Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Mungo’s Cathedral
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith City of Glasgow coat of arms symbolism ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf earlier church of Saint Mungo ⓘ
category medieval church building in Scotland ⓘ
cityCentreProximity east of Glasgow city centre ⓘ
constructionStart 12th century ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Mungo ⓘ
surface form: Saint Kentigern

Saint Mungo ⓘ
denomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
diocese Presbytery of Glasgow ⓘ
formerDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow ⓘ
function place of Christian worship ⓘ
governingBody Church of Scotland ⓘ
hasBurial Saint Mungo ⓘ
hasFeature choir ⓘ
crypt ⓘ
nave ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
stone vaulting ⓘ
transepts ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
locatedIn Glasgow ⓘ
Glasgow City Council ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow City Council area

Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Mungo ⓘ
near Glasgow Necropolis ⓘ
Royal Infirmary of Glasgow ⓘ
notableFor Gothic nave and choir ⓘ
crypt of Saint Mungo ⓘ
medieval stone vaulting ⓘ
surviving the Scottish Reformation largely intact ⓘ
oneOfFew mainland Scottish cathedrals surviving Reformation largely intact ⓘ
ownership Crown ⓘ
surface form: Crown (state ownership of fabric)
previousDenomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religion Christianity ⓘ
status active ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
survivedEvent Scottish Reformation ⓘ
tourism major visitor attraction in Glasgow ⓘ
usedBy Church of Scotland congregation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Glasgow Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Mungo’s Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Kentigern’s Cathedral
Glasgow → hasCathedral → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
central Scotland → hasCulturalAttraction → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Glasgow and Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Glasgow
Glasgow City → hasLandmark → Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ