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https://www.visitphilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/logan-circle-cathedral-basilica-parkway-j.ho-900VP.jpg600400Opened in 1864, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter of Paul serves as the principal or Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as it houses the chair or "cathedra" of the Archbishop.