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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 ...
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.
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
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.
At the end of July, members of the Quebec Italian community, stop at the basilica en route to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré for the feast of St Anne on July 26. [3] The Marie Reine de la Paix pilgrims converge every year from several points in Quebec, arriving on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption. Some travel on foot the 150 km from Sainte-Anne ...
The French Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in France is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome , it was sometimes called the " eldest daughter of the church " ( French : fille aînée de l'Église ).