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The site originated as a Gallo-Roman cemetery in late Roman times. The archaeological remains still lie beneath the cathedral; the graves indicate a mixture of Christian and pre-Christian burial practices. [5] Around the year AD 475, St. Genevieve purchased some land and built Saint-Denys de la Chapelle.
St. Denis Church is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York. It was established in 1899 as a parish; it had previously been established a mission of St. Mary in Wappingers Falls .
Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, was martyred in about 250 AD and buried in the cemetery of Catolacus. Denis' tomb quickly became a place of worship. Around 475 AD, Sainte Geneviève had a small chapel erected on Denis' tomb, which by then had become a popular destination for pilgrims. It was this chapel that ...
first in the cemetery de la Madeleine, since 1815 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris King Louis XVII: 1785–1795 first in the cemetery Ste-Marguérite, then in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris Emperor Napoleon I: 1769–1821 first in St Helena, since 1840 in The Church of the Invalides in Paris Joséphine de Beauharnais: 1763–1814
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Chapel of Saint Denis, 11 Rue Yvonne le Tac, Montmartre. The hill of Montmartre became a place of popular pilgrimage after a chapel was erected by the people of Paris, around 475, where Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, was martyred. In the ninth century, the chapel, which had become ruined, was rebuilt.
In time, St Denis came to be regarded as the patron saint of the French people, with St Louis the patron of the monarchy and royal dynasties. [9] Saint Denis or Montjoie! Saint Denis! became the typical war-cry of the French armies. The oriflamme, which became the standard of France, was the banner consecrated upon his tomb.
Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint, patron saint of Paris; Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) Brent St. Denis (born 1950), Canadian politician; Frédéric St-Denis (born 1986), Canadian hockey player; Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000), Canadian poet and actress; Jon St. Denis (born c. 1978), a Canadian curler