Saint-Germain Cathedral
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| Saint-Germain Cathedral | |
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 Saint-Germain Cathedral | |
| 48°27′03″N 68°31′39″W / 48.4509°N 68.5276°W | |
| Location | Rimouski, Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Consecrated | 28 May 1853 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Bien culturel du Québec, National Historic Sites of Canada |
| Architectural type | Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canada |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski |
St. Germain Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Rimouski (Québec). It is the mother church for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski.
The church was raised to the status of cathedral on 15 January 1867 by Jean Langevin, first bishop of Rimouski, and was consecrated on 28 May 1853.
The cathedral was spared from the nuit rouge ("Red Night") on 6 May 1950, when nearly half of the town was burnt down by a fire that started at the Price Brothers Company sawmill. Legend has it[citation needed] that a priest sprinkled holy water around the city's cathedral and that the fire would not cross the line.
