St. Aidan's Cathedral | |
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Ardeaglais Naomh Aodháin | |
52°30′08″N 6°34′15″W / 52.50222°N 6.57083°W | |
Location | Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Consecrated | 1860 |
Architecture | |
Style | Gothic revival |
Years built | 1843–1885 |
Groundbreaking | 1843 |
Completed | 1885 |
Administration | |
Province | Dublin |
Diocese | Ferns |
Parish | Cathedral |
St. Aidan's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Aodháin) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns. It is located in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in Ireland. The saint to whom the cathedral is dedicated is Máedóc of Ferns (feast day 31 January), also known as Áedan or Aidan, who died in 626,[1] and not to be confused with St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (feast day 31 August), an Irish missionary who died in 651.