In all it took approximately two hundred years to complete the cathedral, which was finally dedicated on 30 April 1499. The church was built in cruciform shape without a tower. The ancient crypt was expanded in such a way that pilgrims could visit the reliquary of Saint Canute beneath the raised choir without interfering with the canons' hourly services above. The canons also claimed they had relics of Saint Alban which Canute supposedly stole on his 1075 attack on Ely, England.
In all it took approximately two hundred years to complete the cathedral, which was finally dedicated on 30 April 1499 The church was built in cruciform shape without a tower. The ancie.nt crypt was expanded in such a w.ay that pilgrims could visit the reliquary of Saint Canute beneath the raised choir without interfering with the canons' hourly services above The canons also claimed they had relics of Saint Alban which Canute supposedly stole on his 1075 attack on Ely, England.