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Basilica of Saint Louis, King

On this location the First Church in St. Louis, a small wood structure was blessed on June 24, 1770. Six years later it was replaced by a larger church of White Oak Timbers blessed and used for Divine Service for the first time in early summer of 1776. It also served as the cathedral for the installation of Bishop Louis DeBourg, the Bishop of Louisiana and the Florida's, who took up residence here January 5, 1818. Little more than two months later on March 29, 1818, the cornerstone for the Brick Cathedral was blessed and placed. The brick cathedral destined to remain unfinished was supplanted by the Present stone church. Bishop Joseph Rosati, CM blessed the cornerstone on August 1, 1831 and solemnly consecrated this church on October 26, 1834. On October 18, 1814, the title of 'Cathedral' ceased when the present cathedral located on the western edge of the city was blessed, however on January 25, 1961, Pope John XXIII designated this historic church a Basilica, thereby conferring on it worldwide recognition. Today, this the Basilica of Saint Louis, King Popularly: The Old cathedral.

Plaque erected by Knights of Columbus, 1916. Replaced 1980.

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