Ntra. Mrs. del Rosario at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo de Fuzhou
By the river Min, in the Fanchuanpu district of Fuzhou, the cathedral of Santo Domingo, the seat of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou, was founded in 1864 by the Spanish Dominicans. His main altar is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, patron of the temple, heritage of the ancient cathedral of the Rosary of Aowei (1848), from which he received the episcopal seat in 1912.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The current building, built between 1932 and 1933 with capacity for 3,000 faithful, was called "the greatest church south of the Yangtsé" and remains the largest Catholic temple in the province of Fujian.
- The main altar, crowned by the image of Our Lady of the Rosary, expresses the Dominican heart of the temple: tradition attributes to Santo Domingo the spread of the devotion of the Rosary.
- During the Cultural Revolution (1966) the red guards removed the cross from their needle and the temple was closed; it reopened to veneration in 1985 and in 1996 it was declared well-known cultural of Fujian.
- It is a direct heir to the church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Aowei, founded as a cathedral in 1848 by the Spanish Dominicans, the first episcopal seat of the mission.
Our Lady of the Rosary (Fuzhou)
Before 1949, about half of the Catholics of Fuzhou belonged to this cathedral, and today it remains the center of worship of much of the city's Catholics: a living memory of the faith sown by the Dominicans and preserved through persecution.
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