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unusual facts about Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew


Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew

The church contains numerous works of art, among which may be mentioned The Glorification of the Holy Cross, a tableau of the local painter Bertholet Flemalle (1614-1675); The Crucifixion, from another local artist, Englebert Fisen (1655-1733); and a statue of St. Roch by Renier Panhay de Rendeux.


A.F.C. Newbury

Now playing at St. Bartholomew's School, the penniless club struggled to attract good quality players and after a slow start they withdrew from the competition in October 2006.

Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew

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

David H. Greer

Ordained a priest in 1868, he was rector successively at Covington, Kentucky (1868–1871), Providence, Rhode Island (1871–1888), and New York City at St. Bartholomew's Church, 1888–1904.

George William Callender

Callender was born at Clifton, and, after education at a Bristol school, became a medical student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1849.

Giovanni Andrea Scartazzini

On December 21, 1862 in Bergamo he married his first wife, Anna Maria Caterina Baebler (1841-1883 ca.), daughter of Anna Maddalena Hoesli (1807–1870) and Ulrich Baebler (1798–1878), director of the weaving company which belonged to his father-in-law Gaspare Hoesli (1773–1857) from St. Bartholomew in Brescia.

History of Saxony

This era produced architecturally fine churches of the Romanesque style that are still in existence, as the cathedrals of Goslar, Soest, and Brunswick, the chapel of St. Bartholomew at Paderborn, the collegiate churches at Quedlinburg, Königslutter, Gernrode, etc.

John Baptist Gaspars

The portrait of Charles II in the hall of the Painter-Stainers' Company, and that of the same king in the hall of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were painted by him.

Lambert Murphy

Having filled positions in several important churches in Boston, Brookline, and Fairhaven, he went to New York in 1910 as soloist of St. Bartholomew's.

Marvejols

Following the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, the town walls were reinforced to protect the Huguenot population during the French Wars of Religion, Protestant Capt. Matthieu Merle based himself at Marvejols during his conquest of the Gévaudan.

Music history of France

In strictly Calvinist areas, the only musical expression allowed was singing of French translations of the Psalms, for instance those written by Goudimel (who was killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572).

Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy

Although de Harlay belonged to the Protestant branch of the family of Harlay, he adopted the Catholic religion in 1572 during the massacres of the Huguenots.

Robin C. N. Williamson

He is the son of a Fellow of the RSM, and was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

St. Bartholomew's Church, Berchtesgaden

It named for Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (Bartholomäus in German), patron of alpine farmers and dairymen.

The altars in the apses are consecrated to Saint Bartholomew, Saint Catherine, and Saint James respectively.


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