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unusual facts about Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville



Abbey of Saint-Gilles

In its center is the tomb of St. Giles, a medieval place of veneration until in the 16th century, his relics were moved to the Basilica of Saint Sernin at Toulouse.

Agnelo de Souza

After much prayer and reflection, de Souza joined the Diocesan Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier of Pilar on 17 July 1897.

Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza, S.F.X. ( 21 January 1869 - 20 November 1927), was a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in the province of Goa, then part of Portuguese India.

André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien

The Cardinal received his episcopal consecration on the following April 19 from Pope John, with Cardinals Giuseppe Pizzardo and Benedetto Aloisi Masella serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.

Audradus Modicus

Audradus was a monk of Saint Martin's of Tours.

Basilica of St. Castor

The church honours St. Castor, who is said to have worked as a missionary on the Moselle in the 4th century and to have founded a religious community in Karden.

Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville

Because one of the roles of the basilica is to serve as the Pope's church in the event he would visit the area, the church features a special bell, a Tintinnabulum, and umbrella, an Umbraculum.

Basilica of St. John the Baptist

The St. John's Basilica-Cathedral was contemporary with and part of the great boom in church construction which surrounded the era of Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipation in Ireland and Newfoundland.

Basilica of St. Joseph, Alameda

Father Michael McNaboe served ten years as pastor of St. Alphonsus in Suisun, when in 1882, Archbishop Alemany recalled McNaboe from rural Solano County to San Francisco.

Basilica of St. Lawrence

Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, located in Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America

Basilica of St. Louis de Montfort

The Basilica of St. Louis de Montfort is a Roman Catholic basilica at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in the Vendée department, in the Pays de la Loire region in France.

Basilica of St. Louis, King of France

Built in Greek Revival style, the church is noted for its marble altars, a painting of Saint Louis venerating the Crown of Thorns given by Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre, and an accurate copy of the painting of the Crucifixion by Diego Velázquez installed in the church in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Basilica of St. Martin, Tours

The basilica was built between 1886 and 1924 by French architect Victor Laloux in a neo-Byzantine style, on part of the site of the original Basilica which was repurchased by the Church.

Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew

On 1 December 1962, Pope John XXIII elevated the church to the status of minor basilica.

Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse

The stone that killed Simon de Montfort in 1218, while he was besieging Toulouse, was thrown from the roof of Saint-Sernin.

The earliest systematic examinations, after the restoration of Viollet-le-Duc, concluded that there had been three major building campaigns.

Bourgueil Abbey

The family was pious and Odo was a lay abbot of St. Martin's Abbey, Tours, and Marmoutier Abbey.

Carfin Grotto

The "Carfin Grotto", as the shrine is locally referred to, was the brainchild of Father, later Canon, Thomas N. Taylor (died 1963), parish priest of St. Francis Xavier's Parish in the small, mining village of Carfin, which lies two miles east of Motherwell, in the West of Scotland.

Carlo Chenis

On December 21, 2006, he was elected bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, and later received his episcopal consecration in the Basilica of St. John Bosco in Rome for the imposition of the hands of the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on February 10, 2007.

Cesare Zerba

He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Pope John himself, with Archbishops Francesco Carpino and Pietro Parente serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.

Coloane Village

The chapel also housed a bone from the arm of St. Francis Xavier, who died in 1552 on Sanchuan Island, 50 miles from Macau, before the relic was transferred to Saint Joseph's Seminary and the Sacred Art Museum.

Dale McTavish

Undrafted, McTavish spent two years playing Canadian college hockey with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men before attracting the attention of NHL scouts.

Danny Buderus

In 1995, while attending St. Francis Xavier's College Hamilton, Buderus played for the Australian Schoolboys team.

Exuperius

Upon succeeding Saint Sylvius as bishop of Toulouse, he completed the Basilica of St. Sernin, begun by his predecessor.

Fr. Agnel School, New Delhi

The school is named after Fr. Agnelo de Souza (1869 - 1927), a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in Goa.

Frank P. Treanor

He attended the College of St. Francis Xavier, and the College of the Holy Cross.

George Albert Hartland

He was educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool.

George Lynskey

Lynskey had three younger brothers and two sisters and was educated at St. Francis Xavier's College then at the University of Liverpool.

Holly Quin-Ankrah

In December 2004 she visited St. Francis Xavier's College, Woolton, Liverpool to promote MEND, a national mobile phone database for stolen or lost equipment.

John M. J. Quinn

John M. J. Quinn (1886–1955) was a Monsignor and from 1951 to 1955 head of St. Francis Xavier's Church in the Bronx, New York, and also head of the Catholic War Veterans.

KDST

The transmitter and broadcast tower are located six miles southwest of Dyersville, near the intersection of 250th Street and 300th Avenue, in rural Hopkinton in Delaware County.

Keraladeshpuram Temple

It is believed that St. Francis Xavier visited the Keraladeshpuram Temple place in 1546 AD.

Lateran

The most famous Lateran buildings are the Lateran Palace, once called the Palace of the Popes, and the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome, which although part of Italy is a property of the Holy See that has extraterritorial privileges as a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaty.

Louis Marie Cordonnier

the Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux, the second-largest pilgrimage site in France, after Lourdes, 1923–1959

Pierre Vago

Through of his housing projects, factories, and the Central Banks of the French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria, as well as his controversial Basilica of St. Pius X in Lourdes, he received much attention in the postwar years.

Pilar, Goa

The headquarter of the Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier is located at Pilar, hence the common name of Pilar Society given to the missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier.

Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints

The western facade is a very close copy of the facade of the Basilica of St. Zeno, Bishop of Verona, in Verona, Italy.

Silas Wright Titus

He belonged to the church of St. Francis Xavier and is buried in St. John's cemetery in New York.

Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar

Agnel Ashram was started at Bandra, Bombay (now Mumbai) as a common house of the Society, over the years it has expanded to become an important educational organisation.

St. Francis Xavier's Church, Giriz

Francis Xavier's Church, Giriz is a Roman Catholic Church situated in the Giriz Parish in the recently created Vasai Diocese.

St. Francis Xavier's College

Bruce Lee (李小龍), world famous Martial arts instructor, actor, philosopher, film director, screenwriter, and martial arts founder.

St. Josaphat's Church

Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

St. Louis Cathedral

Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, formerly Cathedral of St. Louis, Missouri, United States

St. Paul's Church, Malacca

The chapel was deeded to the Society of Jesus in 1548 by the Bishop of Goa, João Afonso de Albuquerque, with the title deeds received by St. Francis Xavier.

St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa

The annual college dance — or social -is held to celebrate the feast of St. Francis Xavier.

Vauraddeancho Ixtt

The charge later passed on from the diocesan priests to the hands of the Society of Pilar.


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