The history of this church dates back to 1864. The current structure was built between 1922-1931 and was designed after a fifth-century basilica in Ravenna Italy. On the exterior of the Cathedral there are a number of limestone discs that depict part of the rosary that were composed by Pope John Paul II. Saint Cloud was born in 522 A.D! Bonus points if you can find those discs and post a pic!
Located within St. Mary's is a shrine to Saint Cloud including a number of relics: a piece of St. Cloud's clothing, a bone fragment from Saint Cloud himself and fragments from five other saints. The statue of St. Cloud in the shrine is a replica of a seventeenth-century statue, the oldest known statue of St. Cloud to exist. The hand holding the chalice and the chalice itself are even older, being from the original 8th-century statue.
To claim a find on this virtual Message me with the answers to the following two questions (coordinates of this virtual only bring you to the cathedral, not the front entrance):
1. How many steps going up to get to the front entrance of the cathedral?
2. What are the front entrance steps made from?
3. Post a pic with your online log that proves you are here. Logs without a valid photo will be deleted.
More bonus points: If the doors are open and there is not a mass or other celebration occuring, see if you can find the Shrine to Saint Cloud, who by the way is not the namesake of this city.
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.