Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher

Cathedral of Saint Jacob and Saint Christopher
Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher, Corfu
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LocationCorfu
CountryGreece
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia (since 1553)

Cathedral of Saint Jacob and Saint Christopher (Greek: Ιερός Καθολικός Μητροπολιτικός Ναός (Duomo) and (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Χριστοφόρου και Ιακώβου Κέρκυρας)) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia. The church houses an extensive collection of paintings one of the most important is the Virgin Vrefokratousa Enthroned by Konstantinos Tzanes painted in 1654.[1]

  1. ^ Hatzidakis, Manolis; Drakopoulou, Evgenia (1997). Έλληνες Ζωγράφοι μετά την Άλωση (1450–1830). Τόμος 2: Καβαλλάρος – Ψαθόπουλος [Greek Painters after the Fall of Constantinople (1450–1830). Volume 2: Kavallaros – Psathopoulos]. Athens: Center for Modern Greek Studies, National Research Foundation. p. 424. ISBN 960-7916-00-X.