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Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church (French: Église catholique Saint Martin de Tours) is a historic church at 133 S. Main Street in Saint Martinville, Louisiana. The church was added to the National Register in 1972. [1]
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The present-day Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge began with the work of French missionaries among the Native American peoples of the area. [2] The Jesuit priest Pierre Charlevoix celebrated the first mass in the Baton Rouge area in 1722. The first Catholic churches in the region were: St. Francis Chapel in Pointe Coupée in 1738 [3]
Evangeline was and remains an icon of Acadian and American culture. The historical Evangeline, who is believed by some to have been an orphan girl named Emmeline Labiche, was purportedly buried on the grounds of St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville. [4] St. Martin became a very prosperous parish, growing rapidly in the early ...
In 1951, the daughter of Tyrone Power and Linda Christian, Romina Francesca, was baptized at St. Martin of Tours. [6] In April 1959, the funeral of Irish-American actor James Gleason was held at St. Martin of Tours. The requiem mass at St. Martin's was attended by, among others, John Wayne, Pat O'Brien, and Frank McHugh. [16]
Main Street Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, located along Main Street, from North 4th Street to North 7th Street. The 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) area comprises a total of 11 historic commercial buildings, dating from c.1890 to c.1935. [2] [3]
Kathy Kane, the archdiocese's interim superintendent of Catholic schools, said the decision to close St. Martin was made "with great sadness." "St. Martin has provided spiritual development and ...
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church Complex (now known as St Martin de Porres Catholic Church) is a historic Catholic church at 1105 W. Bancroft and 1120 Horace Streets in Toledo, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.