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The Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas) is located in the Old Centre district of Amsterdam, Netherlands, very close to Amsterdam's main railway station. St, Nicholas is the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam. The basilica is the city's primary Roman Catholic church. [1]
The church is dedicated to St Francis Xavier and is one of the rectorates within the Roman Catholic parish of St Nicholas, and is recognised by its two pointed towers. Since 1654 there has been a Jesuit church at this location. The original clandestine church was replaced by another one in 1677. The current Neo-Gothic church was built on the ...
The Oude Kerk (English: Old Church) is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute (since 2012). The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. After the Reformation in 1578, it became a Calvinist church, which it remains today.
A team of archaeologists may have unearthed a sarcophagus containing the remains of Saint Nicholas, whose spirit of generosity is still celebrated in the modern world more than 1,600 years later.
St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. ... Don Heinrich Tolzmann t old The Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY ...
The sarcophagus was found in the church’s two-story annex, which is believed to be the original burial site of Saint Nicholas, a bishop who lived in the ancient city of Myra during the fourth ...
Basilica of Saint Nicholas may refer to: Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Amsterdam, church in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Bari, church in Bari, Italy; Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Nantes, church in Nantes, France; Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, church in Łowicz, Poland
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam.The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly.