Winchester Cathedral the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971. Saint Swithun was buried near the Old Minster and then in it, before being moved to the new Norman cathedral. So-called mortuary chests said to contain the remains of Saxon kings such as King Eadwig of England, first buried in the Old Minster, and his wife Ælfgifu, are in the present cathedral. The Old Minster was demolished in 1093, immediately after the consecration of its successor. In 1079, Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, began work on a completely new cathedral. Much of the limestone used to build the structure
Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest 8, 1920), Vasile Aftenie, Tit Liviu Chinezu and Ioan Bălan, all of them suppressed in communist prisons. Monsignor Vladimir Ghika served here in 1943. Among the literary figures belonging to this parish was George Coșbuc. The church was frequented interwars by Greek Catholic politicians who served in the Romanian capital as Iuliu Maniu, his secretary Corneliu Coposu, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod and others. Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, located at 50 Polonă street, is the first Romanian Greek-Catholic church built in Bucharest. The church's patron is Basil of Caesarea and its dedication celebration is on January