St Bodolfi Cathedral, Aalborg
photo wikipedia.org
The St. Budolfi Cathedral is the main church in
the center of old Aalborg for the Lutheran Diocese of Aalborg.
The three original Catholic churches built in the 10thc were
destroyed by the Reformation of 1536. An original stone
from the first church of about 1132 is in the basement.
The church had to be rebuilt in the 16c. The Catholic
Cathedral was the center of the peasant
rebellion of Skipper Clement. The original wood
churches were small but seen as a symbol of Catholicism that the
Royalist were trying to stamp out to be replaced by German
Lutheran church. Even though there was a major slaughter
of the defenders of Aalborg and sever penalties were exacted on
the survivors, it took until 1554 for St Bodolfi to become the
seat of the Lutheran Bishop of Aalborg.
St. Budolfi Kirke, Aalborg, Denmark
photo Elroy Christenson 2016
