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St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montréal

St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montréal, photographed in 2007.
St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montréal, photographed in 2007. Saint Patrick Basilica Montreal · Diego Delso · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montréal, built from 1843 to 1847 as the parish church of the city’s growing Irish population, is a fine example of French Gothic Revival architecture. Its clergy cared for Irish immigrants during an epidemic soon after it opened, and it remains the heart of Montréal’s Irish community.

Scope & context

The church and its community role, not Irish immigration as a whole (see CA-K316).

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