Who was the father of the emporer who established the Meissen Cathedral?
Meissen Cathedral The Meissen Cathedral or Church of St John and St Donatus (German: "Meißner Dom" ) is a Gothic church in Meissen in Saxony. It is situated on the castle hill of Meissen, adjacent to the Albrechtsburg castle. It was the episcopal see of the Bishopric of Meissen established by Emperor Otto I in 968. It replaced an older Romanesque church. The present-day hall church was built between 1260 and 1410, the interior features Gothic sculptures of founder Emperor Otto and his wife Adelaide of Italy as well as paintings from the studio of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The first Saxon elector from the House of Wettin, Margrave Frederick I, had the Prince's Chapel erected in 1425 as the burial place of his dynasty. The twin steeples were not attached until 1909.
Hildesheim Reliquary of Mary The Hildesheim Reliquary of Mary (German: "Heiligtum Unserer Lieben Frau"; "Lipsanothek") is a historic and artistically unique reliquary in the Dommuseum in Hildesheim. Tradition and legend claims it contained the relic which Emperor Louis the Pious and his party left in the woods or were unable to loosen from a rosebush, as a result of which the Cathedral and diocese are meant to have been established at Hildesheim and dedicated to Mary in 815. Thus, to this day, the reliquary embodies the historical identity and continuity of the diocese. At the ordination of enthronement of a new bishop of Hildesheim, it is presented to them as a special symbol of their solemn reception of the diocese from their predecessor or the Diocesan administrator.