Maribo Cathedral

Maribo Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral church in Maribo on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It changed into initially part of Maribo Abbey which became founded inside the early 15th century. The chancel, the oldest phase of the cathedral, likely dates from 1416. The plan of the church is uncommon in that the chancel is at the west give up of the building as opposed to the east because of the design instructions left by way of Saint Bridget. Maribo church become at the start committed to the Virgin Mary and to Saint Bridget of Vadstena founding father of the Bridgettine order of nuns and priests.

The church became built within the village of Skimminge in the early fifteenth century. It changed into Queen Margrethe I who furnished land for a monastery to be constructed there, encouraged through her childhood train, Marta, who turned into St. Bridget's daughter. In 1418, in reference to reputation of the monastery, the pope decreed that the metropolis have to be renamed the network of Mary leading to the adoption of Danish Marienbo, later Maribo.