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| has gloss | eng: The St. Donatians Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Donaaskathedraal) was a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bruges, Belgium. Located on the Burg, one of the main squares in the city, it was the largest church in Bruges. The cathedral was destroyed in 1799 in order to house the relics of Saint Donatian that had been brought to Bruges in c. 870 AD by monks from Torhout. St. Donatians was destroyed in 1799 by occupying forces of the French First Republic. Charles the Good, Count of Flanders was assassinated in St Donatians. was commissioned by Canon van der Paele as an altarpiece for the church. Jan van Eyck himself was buried in St Donatians Church in 1441.<ref name="M26" /> |
| lexicalization | eng: St Donatian's Cathedral |
| lexicalization | eng: St. Donatian's Cathedral |
| instance of | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese duomo, cathedral |
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| has gloss | nld: De collegiale Sint-Donaaskerk in Brugge was als hofkerk van de graven van Vlaanderen de belangrijkste kerk van de stad en stond op de (omwalde) Burg, tegenover het stadhuis en naast de residentie van de graaf. De kerk werd de Sint-Donaaskathedraal toen het bisdom Brugge in 1559 werd opgericht en bleef dit tot aan het einde van het Ancien Regime (1795). De kerk werd genoemd naar haar patroonheilige, Donatianus van Reims. |
| lexicalization | nld: Sint-Donaaskathedraal |
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| has gloss | vls: De Sint- Donaaskathedroale van Brugge is round 944 gebouwd ip de Burg rechtover ’t stadhuus. De kerke, genoemd no de patrôonhillign Donatianus van Reims en ofgebrookn in 1800 deur de Fransche, was de belangrykste kerke van Brugge. |
| lexicalization | vls: Sint-Donaaskathedroale |
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