Kotor Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Tryphon

Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Tryphon

Saint Tryphon cathedral

Country

Montenegro

Denomination Roman Catholic

Website

Kotorska biskupija

Architecture
Style

Romanesque

Clergy
Bishop(s)

Mons. Ilija Janjid

The Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian: Katedrala Svetog

Tripuna/ ) in Kotor is one of two Roman Catholic cathedrals in
Montenegro. It is the seat of the Croatian Catholic Bishopric of Kotor which covers the entire gulf,
currently led by Bishop Mons. Ilija Janjid.
It is located in the city of Kotor, one of the best preserved and most beautiful medieval fortified
towns in the Mediterranean. It was built in honor of Saint Tryphon (local name Sveti Tripun), the
patron and protector of the city, on the same site where an older church had already existed long
ago. That earlier church was built in 809 by Andrija (Andreaccio) Saracenis, a citizen of Kotor, where
the remains of the Saint were kept after being brought from Constantinople (now also known as
Istanbul).