The Cathedrals of Northern Spain / Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them

by Charles Rudy

SIGÜENZA

• See dedicated to Mother and Child.
• First known bishop, Protogenes, in VIth century.
• During Arab invasion no mention is made of see.
• First bishop after Reconquest, Bernardo (1195).
• Fourth bishop an Englishman, Jocelyn.
• Date of erection of the cathedral unknown.
• Probably XIIth or XIIIth century Romanesque-Gothic edifice.
• Ambulatory added in XVIth century.
• Length of building, 313 feet; width, 112 feet.
• Height of nave, 68 feet; of aisles, 63 feet.
• Circumference of central pillar, 50 feet.
• Chief attractions: Western front, sacristy, rose window in southern transept arm.