The Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, also known as the Holy Name of Jesus Co-Cathedral, is the co-cathedral, or technical '' cathedra'' of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It is located in the

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of the Old City of

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, about halfway between the

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and the Jaffa Gate, within the Old City walls.

History

In 1847 the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

allowed the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to build a new cathedral in Palestine. The Co-Cathedral, completed in 1872, is part of the building complex of the Latin Patriarchate, effectively the bishop's church. For historical reasons, however, the Catholic Church has the Church of the Holy Sepulchre officially being the cathedral.

Description

In neo-Gothic style, the church has a floor plan of a

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with a length of 28 meters and a width of 24 meters.Sieben Artikel über Jerusalem, aus den Jahren 1859 bis 1869 von Dr. Philipp Wolff
("Seven articles on Jerusalem, written between 1859 and 1869 by Dr. Philipp Wolff"), chapter 6: "Neubaten Jerusalems. 4. Die neue römische Patriarchalkirche." ("Jerusalem's new buildings. 4. The new church of the Latin Patriarchate."), from 'Aus dem Ausland' 1864. Published by Belser (Stuttgart), 1869, p. 95. In German. The three-aisled church has an 8.5 metres wide nave, and the side aisles have a width of 4.5 metres; these are overbuilt with galleries. The church has four decorated stained glass windows, marking the ends of the cross. Three of them have the same shape: the window above the

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represents the risen Christ as victor over death, the window on the left shows the

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, and the window on the right depicts the

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. The rear window over the entrance is a large rose window and represents the Four Evangelists. The church has five altars, three in the nave and the two aisles and two smaller ones at the ends of the

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. Image: MittelschiffKonkathedraleJerusalem.jpg , Inside view along the nave Image: Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem2904.JPG , High altar window: The

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Image: Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem2933.JPG , Left semitransept window: The Crucifixion Image: Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem2906.JPG , Right semitransept window: Adoration of the Three Magi

References

External links

Wikimedia material
mainly photos.
Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem
homepage; specific link: dead, as of 3 March 2020.
Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem
Homepage.

at the Co-Cathedral, May 2009. In Italian. {{Jerusalem Old City, state=collapsed Cathedrals in Jerusalem Catholic churches in Jerusalem Roman Catholic cathedrals in Israel Roman Catholic cathedrals in the State of Palestine Roman Catholic churches in Jerusalem Roman Catholic churches completed in 1872 Cathedrals in the State of Palestine 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Israel Christian Quarter