Basilica of St Thérèse of Lisieux
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Basilica of St Thérèse of Lisieux

Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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    Coordinates: 49.13967, 0.23667
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St Thérèse of Lisieux was beatified in 1923 and canonised in 1925. It was decided to build a large basilica dedicated to her in the city where she lived and died. The project was launched by the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, Bishop Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier, and received the full support of Pope Pius XI who had placed his pontificate under the sign of St Thérèse. Construction started in 1929 and finished in 1954. The basilica is located on a hill at the edge of the city. It was funded entirely by donations and special contributions from several countries from around the world, based on strong devotions to St Thérèse. The basilica thus contains 18 minor altars offered by different nations to St Thérèse.

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.





St Thérèse of Lisieux was beatified in 1923 and canonised in 1925. It was decided to build a large basilica dedicated to her in the city where she lived and died. The project was launched by the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, Bishop Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier, and received the full support of Pope Pius XI who had placed his pontificate under the sign of St Thérèse. Construction started in 1929 and finished in 1954. The basilica is located on a hill at the edge of the city. It was funded entirely by donations and special contributions from several countries from around the world, based on strong devotions to St Thérèse. The basilica thus contains 18 minor altars offered by different nations to St Thérèse.

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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