St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church

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St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church

St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church ( Irish Eaglais Choláisteach San Nioclás ) is the largest continuously used medieval parish church in Ireland .

history

Located in Galway in what is now the Republic of Ireland , the church was built in 1320 in honor of the saint of sailors and merchants, St. Nicholas , consecrated. She now serves the Anglican Church of Ireland . In 1484 it was raised by the Archbishop of Tuam to the collegiate church , which was confirmed in 1485 by the Bull Super Dominicum Gregem by Pope Innocent VIII . Through this survey, the city of Galway and its surrounding area was legally separated from the Archdiocese of Tuam and placed under the collegiate college, which was given a diocesan-like status.

With the Reformation enforced by the English royal family , the monastery became Anglican, but its legal status continued. A parallel Catholic institution existed underground . In the 19th century, the Church of Ireland converted the pen into a normal parish. The Holy See established the diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh on the monastery territory .

For centuries, St. Nicholas was the place where, according to a royal charter from 1484, the mayor and councilors were elected every three years from among the 14 eligible families.

In 2002 a lesbian couple's first marriage in the Church of Ireland by the parish priest of St. Nicholas caused quite a stir. The superior bishop of Tuam forbade him to do similar things. During the 2005 renovation of St. Augustine's Church in Galway, the Roman Catholic congregation held services in St. Nicholas. The church is also regularly used by believers in the Romanian and Russian Orthodox Churches and the Indian- based Syrian Church Malankara Mar Toma .

literature

  • JF Berry: The Story of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway . Galway 1912
  • Harold Leask: The Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, Galway . Galway 1936
  • Updated reprint: The Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, Galway . Galway 1962

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church (Galway)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '21.9 "  N , 9 ° 3' 13.2"  W.