The St. Vitus Cathedral ( hr, Katedrala Svetog Vida) is a
Roman Catholic cathedral in
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
,
Croatia.
In the Middle Ages, the Church of
St. Vitus
Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical D ...
was a small and one-sided,
Romanesque church dedicated to the patron saint and protector of Rijeka. It had a semi-circular apse behind the altar, and covered porch. With the arrival of the
Jesuits in Rijeka, the cathedral as we see it today was founded in 1638. First, it became the Jesuits' church. When the town of Rijeka became the center of the
diocese, and then in 1969 the center of the
archbishop
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ric and metropolit, the representative Jesuit's Church of St. Vitus became the Cathedral of Rijeka. The structure is a
rotunda, which is unusual in this part of Europe, with elements of
Baroque
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and
Gothic
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, including fine baroque statuary inside.
The cathedral was depicted on the
reverse of the Croatian 100
kuna
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banknote, issued in 1993 and 2002.
Croatian National Bank
: ttp://www.hnb.hr/novcan/novcanice/e100k.htm?tsfsg=d76635298ba373001fe3d6d5b4edf145 100 kuna (1993 issue)
100 kuna
(2002 issue). – Retrieved on 24 February 2010.
Gallery
File:Rijeka093.jpg, Upper interior of the cathedral
File:Rijeka D81 4211 (26886611099).jpg, Lower interior of the cathedral
See also
* List of Jesuit sites
References
External links
Profile
at Discover Baroque Art
Round churches
Cathedral
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1659
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Croatia
1659 establishments in Europe
17th-century establishments in Croatia
Cathedral
Culture in Rijeka
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Croatia
Jesuit churches in Croatia
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