I-Cathedral yaseSt. Paul edolobheni laseSt. Paul ineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-100 ubudala. I-cathedral yombono ka-Archbishop John Ireland, nomakhi futhi wazinikela uKatolika u-Emmanuel Louis Masquery.
Ukwakhiwa kwalesi sakhiwo kwaqala ngo-1907 kanti ingaphandle yaqedwa ngo-1914. Umsebenzi wezangaphakathi wahamba kancane kancane, njengoba imali ivumelekile, kodwa iKathhedral yakwazi ukubamba iMisa yokuqala esakhiweni esiphelele ngeSonto lika-Easter ngo-1915.
Ukuhlukumeza kwafa ngo-1917, ngaphambi kokuqedela umklamo wakhe wangaphakathi. Umbhishobhi omkhulu wase-Ireland washona ngemva konyaka kuphela. Abalandeli baka-Archbishop Ireland, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu Dowling noMbhishobhi John Murray, babenzela umsebenzi ngaphakathi, okwakumelwe kuthathe kuze kufike ngo-1941.
Izakhiwo
I-Cathedral yaseSt. Paul ibhekwa njengenye yamasonto amahle kakhulu eMelika. Umklamo usesitayela se-Beaux-Art futhi waphefumulelwa ngamasonto angama-Renaissance eFrance .
Ingaphandle i-Minnesotan St. Cloud granite. Izindonga zangaphakathi ziyi-American Travertine evela eMankato, Minnesota, kanti izinsika zangaphakathi zenziwe ngezinhlobo eziningana zemabula.
Ukuphakama kweCathhedral kungumdanso obhedu obunamamitha angu-120 ububanzi. I-lantern phezulu kwe-dome kuletha ukuphakama kwengqikithi yeCathhedral ibe ngamamitha angu-306-ubude kusukela kwesisekelo kuya phezulu kwelanga.
Isikhala sangaphakathi asiyona into emangalisa kakhulu. Njengoba ungena eCathhedral, qaphela abantu abavakashela isonto elidala okokuqala.
Bavame ukumisa ngokungazelelwe phambi kwakho ukuze babheke ingaphakathi elimangalisayo.
Ukukhishwa esiphambanweni sesiGreki, ingaphakathi likhanya futhi livulekile. Ukuthungathwa kwakuboniswa iCathhedral ngaphandle kokuvimbela noma ubani oya eMisa.
I-ceiling yangaphakathi iphakama ngamamitha angu-175 phezulu phezulu kwezingamamitha angu-96 ububanzi. Ngaphansi kwesidonga, amafasitela angenamabala angama-glass avele ekukhanyeni, futhi amanye amafasitela aphuca izindonga.
I-baldachin yethusi, umcengezi phezu kwe-altare, idumisa impilo kaSt. Paul.
Nakuba umklamo weCathhedral wawuphefumulelwe ngamasonto aseFrance asezindaweni zasendulo, unamathuba anamuhla, njengokukhanyisa kagesi, nokushisa. Ukushisa indawo enjengale akukwazi ukufika eshibhile, kodwa kuqinisekiswe ukuthi uyakwazisa ibandla ngezinsuku zasebusika.
Ukukhulekela eKathedral
I-Cathedral iyisonto elisemthethweni lika-Archbishop kanye noMama we-Mother of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul neMinneapolis.
I-Basilica yaseSt. Mary eMinneapolis iyinkimbinkimbi ekhoneni likaSt. Paul.
Imisa ibanjwe nsukuzonke ekhontathini, futhi izikhathi eziningana ngeSonto.
Kukhona ama-chapel anikezelwe eNgcwele Yenhliziyo, kuMariya, uJoseph, nakuSt. Peter.
I-Shrines of the Nations ihlonipha abangcwele kubalulekile emaqenjini amaningi ayesiza ekwakheni iCathhedral, nomuzi waseSt. Paul.
- USanta Anthony wasePadua wase- Italy
- Saint Boniface waseJalimane
- USaints Cyril noMethodius weZizwe ZaseSlavic
- Saint Patrick of Ireland
- UJohane uJohane uMbhapathizi waseFrance
- Saint Therese, uMvikeli wazo zonke izinkonzo
Ukuvakashela iKathedral
I-cathedral isendaweni ephakeme ye-bluff ebheke edolobheni laseSt. Paul, emgwaqweni we-Summit Avenue no-Selby Avenue.
I-cathedral ivulekele izivakashi nsuku zonke, ngaphandle kwamaholidi nezinsuku ezingcwele.
Kumahhala ukuvakashela ikhishobhi kodwa iminikelo iyadingeka.
Indawo yokupaka eSanby Avenue inikeza ukupaka mahhala izivakashi zaseCathralral.
I-Cathedral ne-lantern zikhanyiswa ebusuku. I-Cathedral ingabonakala kusukela ezindaweni eziningi edolobheni laseSt. Paul futhi kuyibona okuthakazelisayo.
Izivakashi zingazihlola ngokwazo, ngaphandle kweMisa noma uma kwenzeka umcimbi okhethekile. Ukubona nokwazisa okuhle kweCathhedral, faka enye yezinkambo zokuholwa mahhala ibanjwe izikhathi eziningana ngesonto.
Indawo: 239 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55102
Ifoni 651-228-1766