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St. Clement Catholic Church was built in 1917–1918 in 
The church was built in a
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Saint Clement Church (Official Site)
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St. Clement Catholic Church was built in 1917–1918 in Lincoln Park
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in Chicago
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. The architect was Thomas P. Barnett
Thomas P. Barnett (February 11, 1870 – September 23, 1929), also known professionally as Tom Barnett and Tom P. Barnett, was an American architect and painter from St. Louis, Missouri. Barnett was nationally recognized for both his work in ar ...
of the St. Louis firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett
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The church was built in a Byzantine
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style reminiscent of the church of Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia ( 'Holy Wisdom'; ; ; ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( tr, Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The cathedral was originally built as a Greek Ortho ...
in Istanbul. The decoration of the half-dome behind the high altar is a copy of the twelfth- or thirteenth-century mosaic in the apse of the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano in Rome. The ground to begin building the church was broken on March 19, 1917.
St. Clement School
The church is also affiliated with a school, for which ground was broken on October 18, 1905. The school used to be both a church and a school before the current church was built. Saint Clement School serves children in Pre-kindergarten through 8th grade with a total of over 460 students.Notable alumni
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*Saint Clement Church (Official Site)
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