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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.
The devotion to St. Martin was amplified in the dioceses of France, where special prayers were offered to the patron saint. When the armistice was signed on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1918, the French people saw it was a sign of his intercession in the affairs of France.
Toggle France subsection. 5.1 Alsace. ... St. Martin's Church or St. Martin of Tours Church may refer to any one of a ... St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto ...
Saint-Martin-des-Champs is a Roman Catholic Church located at 36 rue Albert-Thomas in the the 10th arrondissement of Paris.It was built during the French Second Empire of Louis-Napoleon between 1854 and 1856, a blend of Romanesque architecture and Byzantine architecture, which was very popular in the period.
St. Martin of Tours Catholic School in Cheviot will close at the end of this school year, a decision church officials blamed on falling enrollment and growing budget deficits.
The church was built in 1941. In 1971 the church was expanded and a chapel was added. [3] Another View. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Père Samson Doriva. [4] As its name suggests it is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours a Catholic bishop of Tours in France elevated to the status of saint by the Holy See.
The Église Saint-Martin (St. Martin church) is a Roman Catholic church located in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France.It is in the principal Gothic architectural style. Because of its past as a collegiate church, is also known als Collégiale Saint-Martin, and because of its large dimensions, as Cathédrale Saint-Martin, although Colmar had never been the seat of a bishopric.
Basilica of St. Martin may refer to: Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours, a Roman Catholic basilica in Tours, France; Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay, a Romanesque church in Lyon, France; Taal Basilica, the Minor Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours, in Batangas, Philippines