Site Represents a site. Prim Media 110 Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Denomination Catholic End Date 1560 Parish St Andrews and St Leonards Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bess Rhodes Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 51 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.34002134612851,-2.7871681004216957; Description An account of the resource St Andrews Cathedral was once the most important church in Scotland. It was the base for the country’s senior bishopric and housed the relics of Jesus’s disciple Andrew (the nation’s patron saint). The origins of St Andrews Cathedral stretch back into the Early Middle Ages when there was a Celtic monastery in this area. In the twelfth century religious life in St Andrews underwent major changes, and a priory of Augustinian canons took over care of the church and shrine. During the 1160s work began on a vast new Cathedral, which was eventually consecrated (in other words officially blessed and opened for worship) in 1318 in the presence of King Robert the Bruce. The completed Cathedral was the largest building constructed in Scotland before the nineteenth century. It was a centre of pilgrimage, learning, power, and law. Indeed, the church courts in St Andrews were among the busiest in the kingdom. However, in 1559 the Protestant Reformers tore apart this Catholic power base. The Cathedral was stripped of furnishings, altars and statues were smashed, and wooden images and Catholic mass-books were burnt. The vast church rapidly fell into ruin, and orchards, gardens, and houses took over much of the wider Cathedral site. Today the core of the former religious buildings are cared for by Historic Environment Scotland, whilst much of the wider site is occupied by St Leonard’s School. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 18/05/2021 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. (1) David McRoberts, ed., The Medieval Church of St Andrews (Glasgow, 1976). (2) Bess Rhodes, Riches and Reform: Ecclesiastical Wealth in St Andrews, c.1520-1580 (Leiden, 2019). Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Subject The topic of the resource Sacred Landscapes of Fife Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 10/08/2023 09:27:03 am Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 740/1160 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/st-andrews-cathedral/ Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT