The Cathedral of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Radom () is a Catholic cathedral designed by Józef Pius Dziekoński (1844–1927), located on Henryka Sienkiewicza Street in Radom, Poland.Rottermund, A. (2003). Dziekoński, Józef Pius. Grove Art Online. Retrieved 2 Sep. 2024(in English and German) Adam Bujak, Stanisław Bogdanowicz (1997). Die polnischen Kathedralen (Polish Cathedrals). Biały Kruk. p. 218. .
The Radom Cathedral Museum contains a significant 14th century sculpture of the Madonna with Child. The sculpture was originally a fixture on the Radom city gates.Krawczyk, M. (2020). Radomska rzeźba Matki Bożej z Dzieciątkiem z Bramy Krakowskiej. Nasza Przeszłość, 134(134), 191–207.
Architecture The cathedral was built to model Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel and Florian the Martyr in Warsaw.Rutkowska-Siuda, D. (2017). Characteristics of Sacral Architecture in Radom Governorate in the Light of Social and Artistic Relationships of the Late Nineteenth to Twentieth Century. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 86/87, 167–185.
The cathedral features three portals, three naves, and an intricate rosette. The two towers are 72 meters in height.
History The cathedral was designed by architect Józef Pius Dziekoński. Construction in the initial years was heavily supported by donations from parishioners, including a 20,000 ruble donation from an individual person. As early as the 1880s, local press had published desires for a new cathedral to be "an example for coming generations" in Radom.
In December 1904, a nearby worker protest resulted in multiple casualties. The incident occurred after midnight mass.
In 1984, Bishop Edward Materski gave an anti-communist mass at the cathedral.
In 2012, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller gave a homily there.
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