Christ Church CathedralCathedral (Latin cathedra' throne') Church which contains the throne of the bishop and hence the mother church of the diocese has been a place of Pilgrimage for centuries centred on the legacy of St Frideswide, the Saxon SaintSaint In the New Testament applied to all Christians. Later used of those who were martyred or showed exceptional holiness and whose status was confirmed by the church. The practice of venerating the saints and their relics and asking for their intercessions (prayers) can be observed from the second and third centuries onward and played a central role in popular medieval religion. who founded Oxford and whose medieval shrines still stands here today.