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A church is a cathedral if it's a bishop's seat, which GP's churches are not. But it seems silly to characterize the Sagrada Familia as "minor".
by microtherion 1y ago
A church is a cathedral if it's a bishop's seat, which GP's churches are not. But it seems silly to characterize the Sagrada Familia as "minor".
- AStonesThrow 1y agoThe "silly familia's basilica" is in good company: there are 1,881 minor basilicas. That is relative to the 4 major ones, which are all in Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilicas_in_the_Catholic_Church# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilicas_in_the_Catholic_Chur... St. Paul Outside-the-Walls was completed in 1840! Almost yesterday! However, re-consecration and construction continued after that. Interestingly, it seems that an automatic fire-detection and suppression system had been installed in the 19th century.
- tgaj 1y agoIt's the official church title - "minor basilica". There are only four "major basilicas" in Rome.