Grouville Church is one of the twelve ancient
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
churches in the island of
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
; it is sited in the eastern parish of
Grouville
Grouville is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish is around east of St Helier. The parish covers a surface area of 4,354 vergées (7.8 km²). The parish includes the south-east portion of the main island o ...
.
Name
Grouville Church is dedicated to Saint
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...
under the name "St Martin de Grouville", thus distinguishing it from
St Martin's Church, where the dedication is to "St Martin le Vieux"; this indicates that Grouville was founded some time after the foundation of St Martin's.
Bibliography
*''Balleine's Biographical Dictionary of Jersey''
*''Balleine's History of Jersey''
*The Cartulaire of Jersey
*The Bulletin of the
Société Jersiaise
*''Jersey Churches'' by Paul Harrison
*''Channel Island Churches'', McCormack
A Brief History of Grouville Church, A. M. Bellows. URL last accessed 2007-02-15.
External links
Grouville Parish Church Web site
History of Jersey
Churches in Jersey
Buildings and structures in Grouville
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