Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rab

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Katedrala Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije
	44°45′15″N 14°45′43″E / 44.75417°N 14.76194°E
Location	Rab
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary^[1] (also called Old Rab Cathedral; Croatian: Katedrala Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije) is a Catholic church located in Rab,^[2] Croatia.^[3] It is part of the Diocese of Krk.

Recent archaeological finds indicate that it is built on an early Christian church, dating from around the fourth to fifth century. In the ninth century it was rebuilt and decorated with new architectural elements, such as the ciborium that still hangs over the main altar. Its twelfth-century façade and the influences of Romanesque Tuscany are evident. The cathedral's bell tower was built in the fifteenth century after a lightning strike destroyed the original Romanesque one. In the second half of the sixteenth century, the apse of the chapel of the Holy Cross and the altar with a colorful late Renaissance wooden crucifix were also added.

It contains liturgical objects and precious relics, including enameled copper plates and the twelfth-century reliquary of St. Christopher. The church is the former seat of the Diocese of Rab, abolished by the pope in 1828.

Between 1997 and 2005, the cathedral underwent extensive renovation awarded with a Europa Nostra Diploma "for the comprehensive research, skillful restoration and didactical presentation of one of Croatia’s foremost medieval monuments".^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Crkva Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije". GCatholic. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ "Island of Rab: Historical and Cultural Monuments! Perl of Mediterranean Architecture!". rab-croatia.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
^ "Rab Cathedral". www.kvarner.hr. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
^ "Rapska katedrala dobila priznanje Europa Nostra" (in Croatian). 12 September 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ "Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Rab".

External links

Media related to Cathedral (Rab) at Wikimedia Commons
"Stare crkve otoka Raba" [Old churches on Rab island] (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). 61 (10): 969–981. 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2019.