聖卡尼斯座堂

聖卡尼斯座堂（St Canice's Cathedral）是位於愛爾蘭共和國城市基爾肯尼的一座愛爾蘭聖公會的教堂。教堂的歷史可以追溯至13世紀，是愛爾蘭歷史第二悠久的座堂，僅次於都柏林的聖派屈克大教堂。

**歷史**
基爾肯尼是古代Osraige王國的首都，教堂目前所在的位置自6世紀以來便有基督徒的存在。據推測，此處最早的教堂是木製的，後來在中世紀後期被一座羅曼式的石製教堂所取代，接著取而代之的才是現在這座聖卡尼斯座堂。現存的這座教堂本身的歷史可以追溯至13世紀。
因愛麗絲·吉蒂勒審巫案而聞名的Bishop of Ossory理查·德·雷裡德所著的《Red Book of Ossory》現今被保存在這座教堂中。《奧索裡紅皮書》中收錄了由雷裡德主教所創作的六十首拉丁文讚美詩，根據書中所述，這些讚美詩是為了教堂的「牧師唱詩班」所寫的。

**結構**
教堂內部
Cainnech of Aghaboe的半身像
《Handbook to the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny. Edited by R. L》第47頁所附圖片

**參考文獻**
聖卡尼斯座堂
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**外部連結**
 St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny (Ossory)- Photograph of the cathedral date=20090813025404  at sacred-destinations.com- Photograph of the round tower at charnecki.com