Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco explained

Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Native Name:Église Notre Dame Des Victoires
Map Type:San Francisco County#California#USA
Location: 566 Bush St, San Francisco, California
Coordinates:37.7907°N -122.4065°W
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
Country:United States
Founded By:1856
Designation1:SFDL
Designation1 Number:137
Designation1 Date:1981[1]

Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush.[2] The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France.[3] In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church.

The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984, the church was designated as a historical landmark.

The church remains an important center of San Francisco's French community: it is located adjacent to the city's "French Quarter" centered on Belden Place and regularly conducts a Sunday mass in French.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks. City of San Francisco. 2012-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325040805/http://sf-planning.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5081. 2014-03-25. dead.
  2. Web site: School and Parish History - About Us - Notre Dame des Victoires. Ndvsf.org. 5 October 2018.
  3. [:fr:Basilique de Fourvière]