Xanten Cathedral

Xanten is a Roman Catholic Church situated in Xanten, a historic town within the decrease Rhine location, North Rhine Westphalia and Germany. It is taken into consideration the largest cathedral between Cologne and the ocean. In 1936 it becomes d a minor basilica through Pope Pius XI. Even though the church is known as a cathedral, it has by no means been the seat of a bishop.

The cathedral owes its name to Victor of Xanten, a member of the Theban Legion who becomes supposedly executed inside the 4th century inside the amphitheater of Castra Vetera for refusing to sacrifice to the Roman gods. This Roman camp is close to modern day metropolis of Birten. According to legend, Helena of Constantinople recovered the bones of Victor and his legion and erected a chapel in their honour. During a cutting-edge excavation the lifestyles of a 4^th century cella memoriae was discovered; however, it was determined that it had no longer been erected for Victor but for 2 other male corpses that were located inside the crypt at a later date.