The Church of Saint Joseph and Saint Maximilian Kolbe ( es, Iglesia de San José y San Maximiliano Kolbe), popularly known as Iglesia de los Conventuales (due to its history as a former

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convent), is a Roman Catholic parish church in

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History

The temple and its convent were built by French architect Víctor Rabú between 1860 and 1867 for the

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, whose nuns lived in claustration. The architectural inspiration, mix of Renaissance and Baroque, was taken from the Italian

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./ For some time the remains of the patriot priest Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga were held here, before being brought to the cathedral. The parish was established much later, on 17 February 1966. Today it is held by the Conventual Franciscans. It is dedicated to

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; later it was also dedicated to the Polish martyr St.

Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Raymund Kolbe; pl, Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 1894–1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp ...

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Pictures of "Conventuales"
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