Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster, Gloucester Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter and founded by Osric, King of the Hwicce, in around 679.
Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Completed: 1482
Country: England
Denomination: Church of England
Previous denomination: Roman Catholic
Functional status: Formerly abbey, dissolved 1540. Cathedral since 1541.
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