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The cathedral was built as a replacement for the previous cathedral, the Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, located along the Mississippi River. Although workers began clearing ground for the building on May 1, 1907, dedication of the cathedral and its first Mass did not take place until October 18, 1914, when the superstructure was ...
The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis-Roi-de-France de Saint-Louis), formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, is a Catholic church in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It was the first cathedral west of the Mississippi River and until 1844 the only parish church in St. Louis. [2]
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis) 4,130 [citation needed] 1907–1914 St. Louis United States: Catholic Mosaics 7,700 square meters [citation needed] Saint Isaac's Cathedral: 4,000 + [71] 7,000 260,000 1818–1858 Saint Petersburg Russia: Eastern Orthodox Built as a cathedral, now a museum Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: 3,980 [72]
The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, under the Spanish rule, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The second St. Louis Cathedral was burned during the great fire of 1788 and was expanded and largely rebuilt and completed in the 1850s, [2] with little of the 1789 structure remaining.
Municipality Cathedral Image Location & References Coral Gables (Miami area) St. George Cathedral (Antiochian Orthodox) 25°44′43″N 80°15′41″W / 25.745164°N 80.261331°W / 25.745164; -80.261331 (St. George Cathedral, Coral Gables, Florida) Jacksonville St. John's Cathedral (Episcopal) 30°19′44″N 81°39′12″W / 30.328772°N 81.653423°W / 30.328772 ...
The Jesuits established Saint Louis College as Saint Louis University in 1829. Rosati dedicated the Cathedral of St. Louis in 1834, making it the first Catholic cathedral west of the Mississippi River. [21] As Catholic communities started increasing outside of St. Louis, the Vatican erected new dioceses from the Diocese of St. Louis.
Location Description/sources; St. Stephen 11514 Highway A, P.O. Box 233, Richwoods, MO 63071-0233 ... Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis: 4431 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis ...
St. Louis saw a vast expansion in the variety and number of religious buildings during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The largest and most ornate of these is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, designed by Thomas P. Barnett and constructed between 1907 and 1914 in the Neo-Byzantine style. The St. Louis Cathedral, as it is known ...