Salzburg Cathedral

Salzburg Cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Rupert and Vergilius
German: Salzburger Dom
Map
47°47′52″N 13°02′49″E / 47.79778°N 13.04694°E / 47.79778; 13.04694
CountryAustria
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.salzburger-dom.at
History
StatusActive
Foundedc. 774
Founder(s)Rupert of Salzburg
DedicationSaint Vergilius
Saint Rupert
Architecture
Functional statusCathedral
Architect(s)Santino Solari
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1614
Completed1628
1959 (restoration)
Specifications
Bells7 survived
2 (17th century)
5 (1960s)[1]
Administration
ArchdioceseSalzburg
Clergy
ArchbishopHis Excellency Franz Lackner, O.F.M.
Laity
Director of musicAndrea Fournier (Domkapellmeisterin)
Organist(s)Heribert Metzger

Salzburg Cathedral (German: Salzburger Dom) is the seventeenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in the city of Salzburg, Austria, dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius.[2] Saint Rupert founded the church in 774 on the remnants of a Roman town, and the cathedral was rebuilt in 1181 after a fire.[3] In the seventeenth century, the cathedral was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style under Prince-Bishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau to its present appearance.[3] Salzburg Cathedral still contains the baptismal font in which composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized.[4]

  1. ^ "Die Glocken des Salzburger Domes (The Bells of Salzburg Cathedral)" (in German). salzburger-dom.at.
  2. ^ Friedrich 2007, p. 4.
  3. ^ a b Parsons 2000, p. 307.
  4. ^ Davenport 1932, p. 3.