{"id":772,"date":"2015-05-16T13:24:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T13:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=772"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:35:58","slug":"cathedral-of-saints-peter-and-paul-providence-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/cathedral-of-saints-peter-and-paul-providence-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_772' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_772=new _2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_772');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_772=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_772');\n}\nif  (typeof _2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_772=new _2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_772, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_772=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_772, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/');\n}\npano_0_772.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_772.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_772.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_St_Peters_and_Paul_Providence_RI\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With roots that date back to 1832, the parish of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.providencecathedral.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul<\/a>, the mother church of the Diocese of Providence, celebrated its first mass in 1838 in what was then a modest church on the same location. In 1847, the church was promoted to \u201ccathedral\u201d when Providence became an independent diocese. From the designs of Irish-born New York church architect <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Keely\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Keeley<\/a>, plans to build a monumental cathedral began in 1878 and the Cathedral was consecrated in 1889. Its <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanesque_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Romanesque<\/a> style exterior, built of Connecticut Brownstone, graces the Cathedral\u2019s facade, while the interior is distinctly <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Gothic<\/a>. The ornate sanctuary, lighted in-part by large illustrative stained-glass windows, has a high, pointed arch, wooden roof and marble walls and floors. 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