medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
St. Mark's, which had been the ducal church, became the cathedral only in 1807 (about a decade after the Republic had ceased to exist). Best, John Dillon
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On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 8:01 pm, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> Having recently visited San Pietro di Castello, identified as the
> original cathedral of Venice, I'm wondering how Phyllis' recent
> post about Laurence G... fits in with the development of San Marco
> as cathedral:
> "He also preached
> widely, and was appointed bishop of Castello (which at that time
> included Venice in the diocese) in 1433. In 1451, when the see of
> Castello was suppressed, the pope made Venice the metropolitan see
> (degrading Grado) and made L. archbishop/patriarch."
> Was it at this time and on this occasion that the change of
> cathedrals took place?
> MG
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