For 124 years, the Old Cathedral was the seat of the bishopric and seven Linz bishops worked here. When the function of the cathedral was transferred to the newly built St. Mary's Cathedral, the ...

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After 400 years, the Jesuits will leave Linz at the end of July, also in connection with a declining number of vocations. In September, the Old Cathedral, a historic church belonging to the Jesuit ...

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A sculpture of a pregnant Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus on display at St. Mary’s Cathedral (the Mariendom) in Linz, Austria, on Friday. (Ulrich Kehrer/Mariendom Linz) By Kelsey Ables ...

AUSTRIA An artwork in Linz Cathedral that depicted the Virgin Mary giving birth in graphic and provocative detail was destroyed by someone who presumably found it to be deliberately blasphemous ...

St Mary’s Cathedral, also known as the New Cathedral, was built between 1862 and 1924 in the Gothic-Revival style and with a total height of 134.8 metres, it is the tallest church in Austria.

On Jan. 27, 1961, Pope John XXIII decreed that the Old Cathedral on the riverfront would become the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France.