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282: 377: 30: 98: 459:. The fresco was restored in 2002. The walls of the apse depict ten churches of ten deaneries of the diocese. The side aisles end with oak altars produced by Joseph Rifesser. The left altar features a copy of the 336:. Architect Rytis Steikūnas and engineer Aleksandras Gordevičius redesigned and expanded the church as it now was to serve as a cathedral. The unfinished cathedral was blessed by Jonas Mačiulis (better known as 614: 604: 481:, and a painting of Saint Stanislaus. Puzinas painted the ceiling vaults with frescoes of angels in the clouds while ceiling of the chapels was decorated with images of the 310: 609: 455:
is decorated by a 22-by-14-metre (72 ft × 46 ft) fresco by Jonas Mackevičius depicting Saint Casimir appearing to Lithuanian soldiers during the 1518
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until 1908. Until World War I, a rectory and a temporary chapel were completed while church's walls rose up to the windows. The church was to be named after
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is decorated with cartouches: the top one features a royal crown while the lower has the coat of arms of the bishop. The cathedral has three
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to service the Catholic inhabitants of Panevėžys. A permission for construction was obtained in 1904, but the work was delayed by the
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and suppression of the Catholic Church. The authorities forbade construction of any new Catholic churches and closed the
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began preparations for construction of a new church in Panevėžys. However, after the
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of the altar rests on four white columns, surrounded by sculptures of angels.
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is made of gilded oak. Two small angels, made by Joseph Rifesser from
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After the war the construction was abandoned until April 1926 when
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and a painting of Saint Casimir surrounded by sculptures of
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Lithuania
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helping crucified Jesus, modeled after a painting by
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Affiliation
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Year consecrated
Panevėžys
Lithuania
Geographic coordinates
55°43′22″N 24°21′32″E / 55.72278°N 24.35889°E / 55.72278; 24.35889
Architect(s)
Style
Spire
Materials
Lithuanian
Panevėžys
Lithuania
Roman Catholic Diocese of Panevėžys

Motiejus Valančius
Uprising of 1863
Russification
Lithuanian press ban
Piarist
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Russo-Japanese War
Revolution of 1905
Saint Stanislaus the Martyr
Pope Pius XI
Roman Catholic Diocese of Panevėžys
Maironis

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