Glasgow Cathedral opened in 1833. Nearby are the Provand's Lordship, Glasgow`s oldest house and its herbal medical gardens, the Barony Hall (Barony Church), University of Strathclyde, Cathedral Square, Glasgow Evangelical Church (North Barony Church), and St Mungo Museum. The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Walter Scott's novel "Rob Roy" gives an account of the kirk. Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of
Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St. Alphonsa, Preston which was accepted. The church will remain open for private prayer and have Masses in the Syro-Malabar rite. The 19th century mystic poet Francis Thompson was baptised at the church in 1859, and the poet Fr Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was a curate there during the late 1880s. Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St. Alphonsa, Preston The Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa also St Ignatius Church is a Catholic cathedral of Syro Malabar rite in Preston, Lancashire, under the administration of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Great Britain (before under Diocese of Lancaster). It is situated close to the Preston city centre and