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St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland is the mother church of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and the parish church of Templemore. It is dedicated to Saint Columba, the Irish monk who established a Christian settlement in the area before being exiled from Ireland and introducing Christianity to Scotland and northern England. ==History== The original site of the diocesan cathedral was in Templmore ((アイルランド語:An Teampalll Mór) or "the Big Church"). Due to the violence of the Nine Years' War, the church was destroyed. It was first damaged by an accidental explosion on 24 April 1568, the church having been appropriated for the storage of gunpowder. On 16 April 1600, Sir Henry Docwra entered Londonderry with a force of 4,000 soldiers. He tore down the ruins of the Big Church and used its stones to build the walls and ramparts of the city.〔(St Eugene's cathedral official website. History. Retrieved 8 August 2012. )〕A small square stone tablet from ''An Teampall Mór'' is today fixed into the porch of the present structure. The Latin inscription reads ''"In Templo Vervs Devs Est Verec Colendvs"'' ("The True God is in His Temple and is to be truly worshipped"). The present structure, located close to the original, was completed in 1633 by William Parrot, in the Planter's Gothic style. Also in the porch is an inscription: :''If stones could speake'' :''then London's prayse'' :''should sound who'' :''built this church and'' :''cittie from the grounde.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BRIEF HISTORY OF ST COLUMB'S CATHEDRAL LONDONDERRY )〕 St. Columb's has in its possession many documents dating back from the Siege of Derry. They have portraits of William of Orange and the original keys of the city. The Cathedral also contains a memorial to Valentine Munbee McMaster VC. St Columb's is the first cathedral to be built by the Anglican church after the Reformation in the British Isles and the first non-RC cathedral to be built in Europe.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/siege/civil-unrest.shtml〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Columb's Cathedral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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