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Many churches are named after Saint Martin of Tours. St Martin-in-the-Fields, at Trafalgar Square in the centre of London, has a history appropriately associated with Martin's renunciation of war; Dick Sheppard, founder of the Peace Pledge Union, was Vicar 1914–26, and there is a memorial chapel for him, with a plaque for Vera Brittain, also ...
The parish of St. Martin of Tours in Los Angeles was founded in 1946. [1] The land acquired for the construction of the church was formerly an orchard on the estate of actor Gary Cooper . [ 2 ] Ground was broken for the construction of the church on February 9, 1947, and the cost of the church was estimated at $150,000 with an additional ...
The tomb of Saint Martin was rediscovered on 14 December 1860, which aided in the 19th-century revival of the popular devotion to St. Martin. After the radical Paris Commune of 1871, there was a resurgence of conservative Catholic piety, and the church decided to build a basilica to Saint Martin.
Saint Martin of Tours Parish Church, also known as the Diocesan Shrine of Krus sa Wawa, is a Roman Catholic church in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines.It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos.
St. Martin's pastor, the Rev. Matthew Robben, said the decision to close the school came after five difficult years, during which the school lost about one-third of its students and the parish ...
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Martin's Episcopal Church (Showell, Maryland) St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (Gaithersburg, Maryland) , a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the fourth parish in the city and one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville . [ citation needed ] Founded as a church for German immigrants on the east side of Louisville in 1853, the church building was completed and dedicated on ...
The parish was established in 1897 at Belmont Avenue and 183rd Street by the Rev. Edward J. O'Gorman, who was assisted in 1914 by the Rev. David J. Leahy. [1] Both attended the chapel at St. Martin's Academy. [1] In 1914, "the parishioners number[ed] 800. The church property [was] valued at $150,000, with a debt of $21,000." [1]