Monte Mariano Church at

Farangipet Farangipet or Farangipete is a locality in Mangalore city, Karnataka, India. The ancient, first church, Monte Mariano Church, is located in Farangipet. It also has a temple and mosque nearby. Farangipet is a fast-growing town and it is between ...

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, India, is a church where the

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festival ''

Monti Fest ''Monti Fest'' is a major Catholic festival held on 8 September every year by the Latin Christian community of Konkani people, originating in the Konkan region of India, and their descendants in the Canara region of south India. This festiv ...

'' was initiated by Joachim Miranda, a Goan Catholic priest at Farangipet in 1763.

History

The church was built by the

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in 1568 and was then part of the erstwhile

South Canara South Canara was a district of the Madras Presidency of British India, located at . It comprised the towns of Kassergode and Udipi and adjacent villages, with the capital in Mangalore city. South Canara was one of the most heterogeneous areas of ...

district. It was mentioned by the Italian traveller Pietro Della Valle, who visited Mangalore in 1623, referring to is as the Church of St. Francis of Assisi. Monte Mariano (Mount of Mary) is the official name for the place. The Monti fest derives its name, from Monte. Fr. Joachim Miranda, started the annual new corn feast. The feast is celebrated every year on 8 September. The statue of Infant Mary in the chapel was brought by a family in Nelyadi-Kerala from Italy. Though

Tippu Sultan Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He i ...

destroyed the churches of Canara, he spared Monte Mariano Church in deference to the friendship of his father

Hyder Ali Hyder Ali ( حیدر علی, ''Haidarālī''; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the at ...

with Father Miranda. The Church is situated on the banks of River Nethravathi.

Services

There is a regular English Mass at 6 a.m. and Sunday Konkani Mass at 8 a.m.

Notes

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