St. Anne's Cathedral, Debrecen
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The St. Anne's Cathedral ( hu, Szent Anna székesegyház) also called Debrecen Cathedral It is a Catholic religious building that since 1993 works as the cathedral of the Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, is located in the city of
Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...
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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
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church was built in 1721, commissioned by Cardinal Imre Csáky, by the Milanese architect Giovanni Battista Carlone and dedicated to St. Anne in 1746. In 1811 the church tower was damaged by fire in 1834 and were built the two towers projected by Ferenc Povolny. In 1928 new entrances were added and restoration works were being renovated entrance with the creation of a wide staircase, and the three statues on the facade dedicated to St. Emeric of Hungary, St. Stephen and the Virgin and Child Jesus.


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Roman Catholicism in Hungary The Catholic Church in Hungary or Hungarian Catholic Church ( hu, Magyar Katolikus Egyház) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to a 2019 survey by Eurobarometer, 62% of Hunga ...
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List of cathedrals in Hungary This is the list of cathedrals in Hungary sorted by Christian denominations, denomination. Roman Catholic Cathedrals of the Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic Church in Hungary: * St. Anne's Cathedral, Debrecen, St. Anne’s Cathedral ...
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St. Anne According to Christianity, Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Gospel#Canonical gospels, canonical gospels. ...


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