Cathedral Church of St German — Peel, Isle of Man
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N 54° 13.308 W 004° 41.468
30U E 389742 N 6009519
The Cathedral Church of Saint German or Peel Cathedral is the mother Church of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, a diocese of the Church of England
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Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 10/25/2016
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The original cathedral of St German (named after Noo Carmane AspickVannin, or St German of Man, a Celtic missionary and holy man who lived from about 410 to 474) was inside the walls of Peel Castle. It was built sometime in the 12th century when Island was in the possession of Norse kings. At that time the church followed the Sarum Rite, prevalent throughout much of the British Isles. Around 1333 the Lords of Man refortified St. Patrick’s Island and occupied the church as a fortress.
The building fell into ruin in the 18th century. There were a number of attempts to restore the old Cathedral, but these came to nothing.
The present building was build in 1879–84, when the Victorian Gothic Revival was at its height, to replace St Peter's Church in Peel's market place. In 1895, the bishop consecrated his chapel at the bishop's palace as pro-cathedral and instituted a chapter of canons with himself as dean. That arrangement (bishop as dean) persisted even after the consecration of the new cathedral by Act of Tynwald in 1980.
St. German’s Cathedral is the mother Church of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, which today consists solely of the Isle of Man. The diocese earlier included four groups of islands off the western coast of Scotland (Skye, Lewis, Mull and Islay).
source: wikipedia, Peel Cathedral