Notre Dame Explained

Notre Dame, French for "Our Lady", a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, most commonly refers to:

• Notre-Dame de Paris, a cathedral in Paris, France
• University of Notre Dame, a university in Indiana, United States
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the university's athletics teams

Notre Dame may also refer to:

Churches and cathedrals

Algeria

• Notre-Dame d'Afrique, Algiers

Cambodia

• Notre Dame Cathedral (Phnom Penh)

Canada

• Camp Val Notre-Dame, a recreational camp in Hérouxville, Mékinac Regional County Municipality, Mauricie, Quebec
• Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal), in the historic district of Old Montreal
  • Notre-Dame Church (Montreal) (1682-1830), historically in Old Montreal
• Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral (Quebec City), the primate church of Canada
• Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica (Ottawa), an ecclesiastic basilica
• Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, Montreal
• Notre Dame Convent and Boarding School, also known as Leipzig Convent, in Leipzig, Saskatchewan
• Notre-Dame Street in Montreal

France

• Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon

• Cathedral of Notre Dame, Amiens
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen
• Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg
• Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel of Dieppe
• Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon
• Chapel of Notre Dame des Anges
• Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Melun
• Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Metz
• Église Notre-Dame la Grande, Poitiers

• Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille
• Notre Dame de l'Assomption, les Saintes, Terre-de-Haut
• Notre-Dame de Guebwiller
• Notre-Dame de Nice
• Notre-Dame de Paris
• Notre-Dame de Reims
• Notre Dame des Cyclistes, Labastide-d'Armagnac
• Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
• Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
• Church of Notre-Dame de Dives-sur-Merent

Haiti

• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Luxembourg

• Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg, the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Luxembourg City

United Kingdom

• Notre Dame de France, London

United States

• Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, Indiana
• Church of Notre Dame (New York City), a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
• Notre Dame de Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Vietnam

• Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, Ho Chi Minh City

Organizations

• Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes, a Roman Catholic religious confraternity under the spiritual authority of the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes
• School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide order of Roman Catholic nuns devoted to education
• Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters dedicated to providing education to the poor

Places

Canada

• Notre Dame (electoral district), Manitoba
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba
• Notre-Dame, New Brunswick
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, New Brunswick
• Notre Dame Bay, a large bay near the mouth of the Exploits River
• Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches
• Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Quebec, Outaouais
• Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, neighbourhood in Montreal
• Notre-Dame-de-Ham, Quebec, Centre-du-Québec
• Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Quebec, Lanaudière
• Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Quebec, Outaouais
• Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Quebec, Outaouais
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec, Montérégie
• Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Quebec, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lanaudière, Quebec
• Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Quebec, Mauricie
• Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, Quebec, Laurentides
• Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec, Montérégie
• Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec, Capitale-Nationale
• Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Quebec, Estrie
• Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Quebec, Capitale-Nationale
• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Quebec, Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches
• Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Quebec, Lanaudière
• Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Quebec, Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec, Laurentides
• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Mauricie
• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Lacolle, Quebec, a former parish municipality in Montérégie that is now part of Lacolle, Quebec
• Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec, Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Quebec, Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches
• Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches
• Notre Dame Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains

Mauritius

• Notre Dame, Mauritius, a village in the Pamplemousses District

United States

• Notre Dame, Indiana, a census-designated place north of South Bend in St. Joseph County

Colleges and universities

Australia

• University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Broome, Western Australia, and Sydney, New South Wales
• Notre Dame College, Shepparton, a secondary day school in Victoria
• Notre Dame campus of Emmanuel College, Melbourne

Bangladesh

• Notre Dame College, Dhaka, a higher secondary degree college affiliated to the National University
• Notre Dame College Mymensingh, a higher secondary college in Mymensingh
• Notre Dame University Bangladesh, a private university in Dhaka operated by the Congregation of Holy Cross

Belgium

• Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

Canada

• Notre Dame University College, Nelson, British Columbia (1950–1984)

Haiti

• University Notre Dame of Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Japan

• Kyoto Notre Dame University, Sakyo-ku
• Notre Dame Seishin University, Okayama

Lebanon

• Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh

Netherlands

• Notre Dame des Anges, a secondary school in Ubbergen, Gelderland

Philippines

• Notre Dame Educational Association, a network of Notre Dame Schools
• Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santos City, South Cotabato
• Notre Dame of Isulan in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat
• Notre Dame of Marbel University in Koronadal City, South Cotabato
• Notre Dame of Midsayap College in Midsayap, North Cotabato
• Notre Dame University (Philippines) in Cotabato City, Maguindanao
• Notre Dame of Cotabato, Inc. in Cotabato City, Maguindanao
• Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato in Cotabato City, Maguindanao

United Kingdom

• Notre Dame College of Education (Glasgow), a former college in Glasgow, Scotland
• Notre Dame College of Education (Liverpool), a former college in Liverpool, England

United States

• Notre Dame College (New Hampshire), a former college in Manchester, New Hampshire
• Notre Dame College (Staten Island), a former women's college in Staten Island, New York
• Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio
• Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California
• Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
• Notre Dame Seminary, Louisiana

Other uses

• Notre Dame (band), a Swedish metal band
• Notre Dame (grape) or Jurançon, a French wine grape
• Notre Dame (opera), a 1906 romantic opera by Franz Schmidt
• Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi, a 1902 painting by Henri Matisse
• Notre Dame school of Polyphony, a group of composers in Paris from about 1170 to 1250
• Notre-Dame Street, a street in Montreal

See also

• Church of Our Lady (disambiguation)
• ND (disambiguation)
• NDU (disambiguation)
• Notre Dame de Lourdes (disambiguation)
• Notre-Dame de Paris (disambiguation)
• Notre Dame High School (disambiguation)
• Occurrence of religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots
• Our Lady (disambiguation) (French: link=no|Notre Dame)
  • • • • • Notre (disambiguation)
• Dame (disambiguation)