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The basilica in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré was initially a shrine to honour Saint Anne. On March 8, 1658, settler Étienne de Lessard donated two frontal acres from the west end of his property to the Catholic Church, so that a chapel could be built. This chapel eventually became the site of the modern-day basilica.
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t an də bopʁe]) is a town in La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, along the Saint Lawrence River, 35 kilometers (22 mi) north-east of Quebec City. The population was 2,803 according to the Canada 2006 Census.
The number of visitors to the Basilica of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré is greatest on St Anne's Feast Day, 26 July, and the Sunday before Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 8 September. In 1892, Pope Leo XIII sent a relic of St Anne to the church. [18] In the Maltese language, the Milky Way galaxy is called It-Triq ta' Sant'Anna, literally "The Way of St ...
St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church (Marysville, Washington), NRHP-listed St. Anne Chapel, Frenchtown , US Virgin Islands St. Ann Catholic Parish (Stoughton, Wisconsin), part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison
Plaque on church in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec Giguerie. Indications are that Giguère was a well-respected member of the community: he had donated some land for the Basilica in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec and diligently functioned as head vestryman for some time. He is regarded as a founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec.
Articles relating to Saint Anne, who according to apocryphal Christian and Islamic tradition, was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
St. Anne De Beaupre Church Sunset Heights Extension No. 2 [50] [51] Harris The third black church, St. Anne de Beaupre, named after the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada, opened in 1938. It was initially a dependency of Our Mother of Mercy.
Basilique de Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré English: Miraculous statue of Saint Anne. In polychrome wood, sculpted in 1927 by Jules de Fischer, after the model of a first miraculous statue produced in 1881 by the Mathias Zens workshop located in the north transept.