High Kirk of Edinburgh

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The High Kirk of Edinburgh is the historic Church of Scotland parish church on the Royal Mile, better known as St Giles’ Cathedral and long associated with Scottish Reformation history and national ceremonies.

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Label Occurrences
High Kirk of Edinburgh canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of Scotland church ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Church of Scotland ⓘ
Presbytery of Edinburgh ⓘ
alsoKnownAs St Giles Cathedral ⓘ
St Giles Kirk ⓘ
St Giles’ Cathedral ⓘ
associatedWith Church of Scotland General Assembly (historically) ⓘ
Scottish Reformation ⓘ
national ceremonies of Scotland ⓘ
category Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh ⓘ
Church of Scotland churches ⓘ
Churches in Edinburgh ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Edinburgh ⓘ
churchmanship Presbyterian ⓘ
city Edinburgh ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Giles ⓘ
denomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
feature Thistle Chapel ⓘ
central tower ⓘ
crown steeple ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
function parish church ⓘ
venue for national ceremonies ⓘ
governingBody Kirk Session of the High Kirk of Edinburgh ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
historicalRole principal church of the Scottish Reformation in Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedOn Royal Mile ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Giles ⓘ
notableClergy John Knox ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
region Lothian ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significance one of the most important churches in Scottish history ⓘ
status active ⓘ
style Gothic architecture ⓘ
usedFor civic ceremonies ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
state occasions ⓘ
worship services ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh → knownAs → High Kirk of Edinburgh ⓘ
Kirk Session of St Giles’ → associatedWith → High Kirk of Edinburgh ⓘ
St Giles Kirk → alsoKnownAs → High Kirk of Edinburgh ⓘ