20 events with tag "church"
421
ID: 5093
Church of San Giacomo di Rialto founded - traditionally first church in Venice, marks beginning of permanent settlement
ID: 5093
445
ID: 5619
St. Patrick establishes his principal church at Armagh, which becomes the primatial see of Ireland
ID: 5619
475
ID: 5254
Genevieve initiates church over St. Denis's tomb - locates martyr's burial site through revelation, begins basilica construction
ID: 5254
502
ID: 5256
Clovis begins church of Saints-Apostles - builds church at Genevieve's suggestion, will become her burial place
ID: 5256
537
ID: 4759
Hagia Sophia completed - Justinian exclaims 'Solomon, I have surpassed thee!', largest cathedral for 1000 years
ID: 4759
601
ID: 2543
Augustine consecrated first Archbishop of Canterbury - establishes ecclesiastical capital of England
ID: 2543
608
ID: 3901
St. Boniface IV becomes sixty-seventh pope - converts Pantheon to church, creates All Saints feast
ID: 3901
996
ID: 3731
Richard II the Good becomes Duke - peaceful succession, promotes church reform and monastic revival
ID: 3731
1045
ID: 2571
Edward the Confessor begins building Westminster Abbey - Norman-style church, his life's work
ID: 2571
1059
ID: 3741
Lanfranc at Bec - Italian scholar makes Norman monastery leading center of learning in Europe
ID: 3741
1065
ID: 2576
December 28, 1065
Westminster Abbey consecrated - Edward too ill to attend, dies eight days later
ID: 2576
1088
ID: 5448
Construction begins on Cluny III, the third abbey church - will become largest church in Christendom until St. Peter's Basilica
ID: 5448
1093
ID: 2594
Anselm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury - conflict with Rufus over church reform and investiture begins
ID: 2594
1095
ID: 5449
November 25, 1095
Pope Urban II, former prior of Cluny, consecrates the high altar of Cluny III during his journey to preach the First Crusade
ID: 5449
1103
ID: 3751
Lund becomes archbishopric - Denmark gains ecclesiastical independence from Hamburg-Bremen
ID: 3751
1130
ID: 5450
Cluny III completed - becomes the largest church building in Europe (187 meters long) until reconstruction of St. Peter's in Rome
ID: 5450
1439
ID: 5129
Council of Florence attempts reunion of Eastern and Western Churches - Cosimo hosts Byzantine Emperor John VIII
ID: 5129
1631
ID: 5117
Great Plague and vow - 80,000 die, Senate vows to build Santa Maria della Salute church if plague ends
ID: 5117
1744
ID: 5259
Louis XV vows new church to St. Genevieve - promises church if cured of illness, becomes the Pantheon
ID: 5259
1953
ID: 1679
July 8, 1953
July 8, 1953: Manning Johnson testifies on Communist infiltration of churches
ID: 1679