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Cathedral · Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal

Old Cathedral of Coimbra

Old Cathedral of Coimbra is the cathedral of the Diocese of Coimbra, in Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week. It is one of 19 cathedrals in Portugal on CathoNav.

Where
Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal
Cathedral of
Diocese of Coimbra · its bishop today
Founded
1146

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Old Cathedral of Coimbra
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