St. Michel de Sillery Church (Quebec City)
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St. Michel de Sillery Church (French: église Saint-Michel de Sillery) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Sillery, Quebec City. It is situated between Quebec Route 136 to the south and the College of Jesus and Mary of Sillery to the north, and is part of the Sillery Heritage Site in the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge. Although the current church was built in 1852, and originally dedicated to the Irish Saint Columba,[6] the parish was founded in 1644, with a chapel constructed on the same site by the Jesuits.
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Country | Canada |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | dinabelanger |
History | |
Former name(s) | St Columb Church |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1644 (1644) |
Founder(s) | Society of Jesus |
Dedication | Saint Michael |
Dedicated | 1969 |
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Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Part of a Quebec heritage property (Sillery Heritage Site)[2] |
Designated | February 5, 1964 |
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Style | Gothic Revival[3][4] |
Years built | 1852–1854[2][5] |
Groundbreaking | Autumn 1852[3][4] |
Completed | November 1854[3] |
Construction cost | 3147 louis[4] |
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Length | 36.6 m (120 ft 1 in)[4] |
Width | 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)[4] |
Height | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)[4] |
Materials | Sandstone, sheet metal, plaster[3][4][5] |
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Archdiocese | Quebec[1] |
Parish | Bienheureuse-Dina-Bélanger[1] |
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