Salzburg Cathedral

Salzburg Cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Rupert and Vergilius
German: Salzburger Dom
47°47′52″N 13°02′49″E / 47.79778°N 13.04694°E / 47.79778; 13.04694
Country	Austria
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.salzburger-dom.at
History
Status	Active
Founded	c. 774
Founder(s)	Rupert of Salzburg
Dedication	Saint Vergilius Saint Rupert
Architecture
Functional status	Cathedral
Architect(s)	Santino Solari
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1614
Completed	1628 1959 (restoration)
Specifications
Bells	7 survived 2 (17th century) 5 (1960s)[1]
Administration
Archdiocese	Salzburg
Clergy
Archbishop	His Excellency Franz Lackner, O.F.M.
Laity
Director of music	János Czifra (Domkapellmeister)
Organist(s)	Heribert Metzger

Salzburg Cathedral (German: Salzburger Dom) is the seventeenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in the city of Salzburg, Austria, dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius.^[2] Saint Rupert founded the church in 774 on the remnants of a Roman town, and the cathedral was rebuilt in 1181 after a fire.^[3] In the seventeenth century, the cathedral was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style under Prince-Bishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau to its present appearance.^[3] Salzburg Cathedral still contains the baptismal font in which composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized.^[4]