Whose shrine does the Durham Cathedral house? What other purpose did/does the cathedral serve?

It was built as a monastic cathedral to house the shrine of Saint Cuthbert.  It replaced an earlier church constructed in his honor.  Originally, Durham Cathedral was built as a monastic cathedral for a community of Benedictine monks. The cathedral also served a political and military function by reinforcing the authority of the prince-bishops of the Catholic Church over England’s northern border with Scotland.

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24 - the separation of church and state was not important