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St. Michael's is a Jesuit church in Munich, capital city of the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest Renaissance church north of the Alps. The style of the building had an enormous influence on Southern German early Baroque architecture .
The painting of the high altar celebrating the archangel (by the Munich baroque painter Johann Andreas Wolff) and the statue of St. Roch (Andreas Faistenberger, 1690) were created already before the construction of the church. The altarpiece of the side altar St. Norbert was painted by Ignaz Joseph Schilling (1744/1746).
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St. Michael (Polish: Kościół Świętego Michała) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The current church is located at E. 83rd Street and S. South Shore Drive in South Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand ...
In 1939 the Basilians Fathers took control of St. Michael's Parish. The Basilian Fathers purchased a rectory for $6000 at 12211 South Parnell Avenue. In 1957, Fr. Ivan Kohut launched a campaign to build a new church. Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk of Stamford dedicated the new Church on 20 November 1960. The church building features stained ...
St. Francis of Assisi was especially devoted to Saint Michael and would fast for about forty days from the feast of the Assumption (August 15) to Saint Michael's feast day on September 29. [25] Some Franciscan communities continue to observe the period from August 15 to September 29 as "St. Michael's Lent", a time of fasting and prayer.
St. Peter's Church: 1906: Munich Germany 88.5 m (290 ft) St. Peter and St. Paul's Church: 1500: Čáslav Czech Republic 88.5 m (290 ft) Church of St. Margaret: 1894: Wadersloh Germany 88.43 m (295 ft) Garrison Church: 1732: Potsdam Germany: Damaged in World War II and later destroyed by the GDR regime. Currently being reconstructed since 2018 ...
Adolphus Druiding (1838–1900) was a German-born American architect who was best known for his work in creating Roman Catholic churches, schools, rectories and convents. . Druiding’s work along with that of fellow German immigrant Franz Georg Himpler (1833–1916) makes up the largest body of German Catholic architecture in the United States between the end of the Civil War and