St. John the Baptist Cathedral | |
Other Name: | Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela |
Location: | Lublin |
Country: | Poland |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic Church |
The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist [1] (Polish: Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela) or simply Lublin Cathedral[2] in Lublin,[3] Poland[4] is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lublin.
It was built between 1592 and 1617 as a church of the Society of Jesus. One of the first baroque churches in Poland, it was modeled after the Chiesa del Gesù in Rome of Giovanni Maria Bernadoni. It is a three-aisled basilica with a wide nave.. It was designated cathedral in the early 19th century, and since 1992, the archdiocesan cathedral.