St Machar's Cathedral
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St Machar's Cathedral is a Church of Scotland church in Aberdeen, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre, in the former burgh of Old Aberdeen. Technically, St Machar's is no longer a cathed
St Machar's main entrance (south)
Interior of St Machar's
Roof structure over side aisles, St Machar's Cathedral
West door, St Machar's Cathedral
Saint Machar
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Machar was a 6th-century Irish Saint active in Scotland.
St Machar's Cathedral
…burgh of Old Aberdeen. Technically, St Machar's is no longer a cathedral but rather a high kirk, as it has not been the seat of a bishop since 1690. St Machar is said to have been a companion of St Columba on his journey to Iona. A fourteenth-century legend tells how God (or St Columba) told Machar to establish…
St Machar baptising converts (on the font in St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, 1954)