Basilica of St Thérèse of Lisieux
Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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Completed in 1932,the crypt evokes the secret of the spiritual life of Saint Thérèse. It is decorated with marble and mosaics representing certain scenes in the life of St Thérèse: baptism, first communion, miraculous healing, commitment to religious life, death.
In the summer of 1944 the townspeople who remained in Lisieux took refuge in the crypt of the basilica. The Carmelites Sisters of Lisieux, including St Thérèse's two surviving sisters, lived in the crypt of the basilica that summer.
The basilica was blessed on the 11th July 1937 by the papal legate Cardinal Pacelli and the future Pope Pius XII. Works stopped for some time due to the Second World War, but then resumed and the basilica was completed in 1954. The basic structure, which was completed before WWII, suffered little damage during the bombing, which destroyed two-thirds of Lisieux. On 11th July 1951, the basilica was consecrated by Most Reverend, the Archbishop of Rouen Joseph-Marie Martin, with the Papal Legate, Maurice Cardinal Feltin.
Completed in 1932,the crypt evokes the secret of the spiritual life of Saint Thérèse. It is decorated with marble and mosaics representing certain scenes in the life of St Thérèse: baptism, first communion, miraculous healing, commitment to religious life, death.
In the summer of 1944 the townspeople who remained in Lisieux took refuge in the crypt of the basilica. The Carmelites Sisters of Lisieux, including St Thérèse's two surviving sisters, lived in the crypt of the basilica that summer.
The basilica was blessed on the 11th July 1937 by the papal legate Cardinal Pacelli and the future Pope Pius XII. Works stopped for some time due to the Second World War, but then resumed and the basilica was completed in 1954. The basic structure, which was completed before WWII, suffered little damage during the bombing, which destroyed two-thirds of Lisieux. On 11th July 1951, the basilica was consecrated by Most Reverend, the Archbishop of Rouen Joseph-Marie Martin, with the Papal Legate, Maurice Cardinal Feltin.
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Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
- Total memorials4
- Percent photographed100%
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- Added: 3 May 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2352891
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