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The Church of St. Rosalia (Italian: Chiesa Cattolica Italiana Romana di St. Rosalia) was a parish church in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.The parish was founded to serve the needs of Italian Catholics in the area by the then-Bishop of Brooklyn, Charles McDonnell, in 1902.
The Basilica of Regina Pacis (Latin for Queen of Peace) is a Catholic parish church located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The church was built as a votive shrine, within the then-Parish of St. Rosalia (later renamed St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis Parish). The original parish church ...
The ecstasy of Saint Rosalia of Palermo by Theodoor Boeyermans. Rosalia was proposed as the patron saint of evolutionary studies in a paper by G.E. Hutchinson. [13] This was due to a visit he paid to a pool of water downstream from the cave where St. Rosalia's remains were found, where he developed ideas based on observations of water boatmen. [14]
The chapel is sacred to Saint Rosalia, the patron against plague. She was born to a wealthy family. As an adult, she left her family's home and lived as a wandering mendicant. Rosalia died on September 4, 1160. She became the symbol fight against indulgence, regarded as an ideal of self-control.
St. Anthony of Padua Church (Bronx) St. Anthony of Padua Church (Manhattan) St. Clare of Assisi's Church (Bronx) St. Joseph Church (Chinatown, Manhattan) St. Peter's Italian Church (Syracuse, New York) St. Rosalia Church (Brooklyn)
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary & St. Stephen (Brooklyn) St. Barbara's Church (Brooklyn) St. Blaise's Church (Brooklyn) Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church (Brooklyn) St. Rosalia Church (Brooklyn) St. Augustine's Church (Brooklyn)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn operates Catholic schools in the borough. Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Bensonhurst was nicknamed "OLG" in the neighborhood. In 2012 the school had 217 students, but by 2019 enrollment was 120. That year its fund balance was $559,633 and its deficit was $215,377. [76]
The church facade leads to an open air room where various plaques recall the veneration of the saint by various kings. The structure houses in a glass case, a gold-leaf and marble depiction of the recumbent hermit saint, attended by an cherub, with the marble sculpture (1625) by Gregorio Tedeschi , and the gold ornament provided in 1735 by King ...