Churches

Sourced introductions to church buildings, their dedications, and the history visible at each site.

Argentina

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  Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento Buenos Aires

  Minor basilica · The Blessed Sacrament

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  Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón (Capuchinos) Córdoba

  Church · Sacred Heart of Jesus · 1926–1934

Australia

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  St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle Perth

  Parish church · Saint John the Evangelist · 1882

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  St Mary's Cathedral, Perth Perth

  Cathedral · Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary · 1863–1865, 1926–1973, 2006–2009

Austria

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  Peterskirche Vienna

  Parish church · Saint Peter the Apostle · 1701–1733

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  St. Francis of Assisi Church Vienna

  Parish church · Saint Francis of Assisi · 1898–1910

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  St. Stephen's Cathedral Vienna

  How Vienna's cathedral grew from a parish church named in the Treaty of Mautern of 1137, gained its Gothic south tower and tiled roof, burned in 1945 and reopened in 1952, and what its patronal feast reads.

Belgium

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  Church of Saint Catherine Brussels

  Parish church · Saint Catherine · 1854–1874

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  Saint Mary's Royal Church Brussels

  Parish church · Our Lady of the Assumption · 1845–1888

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  Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent Ghent

  Parish church · Saint Nicholas · 13th century

Croatia

• St. Martin's Church, Split Split

  Chapel · Saint Martin of Tours

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  St. Mark's Church, Zagreb Zagreb

  Parish church · Saint Mark the Evangelist · 13th century, rebuilt second half of the 14th century

Czechia

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  Church of Our Lady before Týn Prague

  Parish church · Mother of God · from the 14th century

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  St. Francis of Assisi, Prague Prague

  Church · Saint Francis of Assisi · 1679–1685

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  St. James the Greater, Prague Prague

  Minor basilica · Saint James the Greater · 1232, rebuilt after 1689

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  St. Nicholas, Malá Strana Prague

  Parish church · Saint Nicholas · 1704–1755

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  St. Nicholas, Old Town Prague

  Church · Saint Nicholas · 1732–1737

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  St. Salvator Church Prague

  Church · The Holy Saviour · 1578–1601, completed in the 17th century

• Strahov Monastery Prague

  Monastery church · founded 1143

Egypt

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  Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga) Cairo

  Church · Saints Sergius and Bacchus · late 7th century, restored 8th century

England

• St Pancras Old Church London

  Parish church · Saint Pancras · medieval, largely rebuilt in the 19th century

France

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  Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey Le Mont-Saint-Michel

  How the abbey of Saint Michael on the rock off Normandy grew from an oratory of 708 and a Benedictine house of 966 into the Merveille, held out against the English, served as a prison until 1863, and what the feast of the Archangels reads.

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  Notre-Dame de Paris Paris

  How the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris was begun in 1163 under Maurice de Sully, who owns and who uses it, what the 2019 fire destroyed and the 2024 reopening restored, and what its Assumption Mass reads.

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  Sainte-Chapelle Paris

  Chapel · 1238–1248

Georgia

• Jvaris Mama Church Tbilisi

  Church · 16th century, on a site attributed to the 5th century

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  Metekhi Church Tbilisi

  Church · Assumption (Dormition) of the Mother of God · c. 1278–1284

Germany

• Augsburg Cathedral Augsburg

  Cathedral · Visitation of the Virgin Mary · 11th century, Gothic additions 14th century

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  Cologne Cathedral Cologne

  How the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cologne was begun in 1248 to house relics brought from Milan, left unfinished for three centuries, completed to its medieval plan in 1880, and what its patronal feast reads.

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  St. Jacobi, Hamburg Hamburg

  Church · Saint James the Greater · 1350–1400

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  St. Petri, Hamburg Hamburg

  Church · Saint Peter · c. 1189, Gothic rebuilding 1310–1418

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  St. Lukas, Munich Munich

  Parish church · Saint Luke the Evangelist · 1893–1896

• St. Peter, Munich Munich

  How Munich's oldest parish church rose on the Petersbergl before the city, burned in 1327 and was rededicated in 1368, gained its Baroque high altar, was wrecked by bombs in 1945 and rebuilt by 1954, and what its patronal Mass reads.

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  St. Sebaldus Church Nuremberg

  Parish church · Saint Sebaldus · 1225–1275, towers 15th century

Greece

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  Church of Saint Nectarios Aegina

  The modern Orthodox church beside the Holy Trinity monastery on Aegina, and how the buildings in the pilgrimage complex relate to Saint Nectarios.

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  Church of Panagia Kapnikarea Athens

  Church · Presentation of the Virgin · c. 1050

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  Church of the Holy Apostles Athens

  Church · The Holy Apostles · late 10th century, restored 1954–1957

Hungary

• Cave Church (Sziklatemplom) Budapest

  Chapel · 1920s

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  Matthias Church Budapest

  Parish church · Our Lady · 13th century, rebuilt 14th century, restored 1874–1896

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  St. Stephen's Basilica Budapest

  Co-cathedral · Saint Stephen of Hungary · 1851–1906

• Eger Cathedral Eger

  Cathedral · Saint John the Apostle, Saint Michael, and the Immaculate Conception · 1831–1837

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  Minorite Church of Eger Eger

  Church · Saint Anthony of Padua · 18th century

Ireland

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  Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

  How a Viking church of about 1030 became a stone cathedral under the Anglo-Normans, lost its nave roof in 1562, was rebuilt by Street in the 1870s, who uses it, and what its Trinity Sunday Eucharist read in 2026.

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  John's Lane Church Dublin

  Church · Saints Augustine and John the Baptist · 1862–1874

Italy

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  Cattedrale di San Martino Belluno

  Cathedral · Saint Martin of Tours · 1517–1624, cupola 1756

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  Duomo di Milano Milan

  How the cathedral of Milan rose over two earlier basilicas from 1386, who quarried and paid for its marble, why its last door was fitted in 1965, and what its patronal feast reads.

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  Pantheon, Santa Maria ad Martyres Rome

  How Hadrian's temple in Rome became a church in 609, what its dedication to Mary and the martyrs meant, and what survives of both lives of the building.

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  San Lorenzo in Lucina Rome

  Minor basilica · Saint Lawrence · 4th century, rebuilt early 12th century

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  Sant'Atanasio dei Greci Rome

  Titular church · Saint Athanasius of Alexandria · 1580–1583

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  Santa Maria del Popolo Rome

  Minor basilica · Blessed Virgin Mary · from 1472

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  Santa Maria in Via Rome

  Titular church · Mary, mother of Jesus · 1491–1513

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  Santi Luca e Martina Rome

  Church · Saint Luke and Saint Martina · 625, rebuilt 1635–1669

• Santa Maria e San Donato Venice

  Minor basilica · Saint Mary and Saint Donatus · 7th century, rebuilt by 1140

• Santi Giovanni e Paolo Venice

  Minor basilica · Saints John and Paul, martyrs · 1333–1430

Montenegro

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  Co-Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle Bar

  Co-cathedral · Saint Peter the Apostle · 2010–2017

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  Church of Saint Michael the Archangel Herceg Novi

  Church · Saint Michael the Archangel

Netherlands

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  Basilica of Saint Nicholas Amsterdam

  Co-cathedral · Saint Nicholas · 1884–1887

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  Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam

  Church · Saint Catherine · 1380–1408, rebuilt after the fire of 1645

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  Oude Kerk Amsterdam

  Parish church · Saint Nicholas · c. 1213, stone church by 1306

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  Grote Kerk (St. Bavo) Haarlem

  Church · Saint Bavo · 1307, rebuilt 15th–16th century

Poland

• Saints Peter and Paul Kraków

  Minor basilica · Saints Peter and Paul, apostles · 1597–1619

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  St. Mary's Basilica Kraków

  Minor basilica · Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary · 14th century

• Wawel Cathedral Kraków

  How three cathedrals rose in turn on Wawel Hill in Kraków, why Polish kings were crowned and buried beside the relics of Saint Stanislaus, and what the church is used for today.

Spain

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  Sagrada Família Barcelona

  How a bookseller's association began an expiatory church in Barcelona in 1882, what Antoni Gaudí made of it between 1883 and 1926, and where the work stands after the Tower of Jesus Christ was blessed in June 2026.

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  Catedral de Ávila Ávila

  How the cathedral of the Diocese of Ávila was begun in the twelfth century with its apse set into the city wall, how it passed from Romanesque to Gothic, and how it is used today.

Switzerland

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  Hofkirche St. Leodegar Lucerne

  Collegiate church · Saint Leodegar · 1633–1639

Vatican City

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  St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City

  How the papal basilica in Vatican City rose over Constantine's fourth-century church and a Roman cemetery, who built it between 1506 and 1626, and what its patronal feast reads.

Viet Nam

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  Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon Ho Chi Minh City

  Cathedral · Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception · 1877–1880