St. Michael's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located in
Anjuna
Anjuna () is a village located on the coast of North Goa, India. It is a Census Town, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. It is mostly a tourist destination.
Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated ...
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Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
state, India.
It is one of the oldest churches still standing in Goa. It was built in 1613, to serve
Goan Catholics
Goan Catholics ( gom, Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians following the Roman Rite of worship from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkan ...
in early colonial
Portuguese India.
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Goa Inquisition
The Goa Inquisition ( pt, Inquisição de Goa) was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in Portuguese India. Its objective was to enforce Catholic Orthodoxy and allegiance to the Apostolic See of Rome (Pontifex). The inquisition primaril ...
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Persecution of Goan Catholics during the Goan Inquisition
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Colonial Goa
Roman Catholic churches in Goa
15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1613
1610s establishments in Portuguese India
Portuguese colonial architecture in India
1613 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
Churches in North Goa district
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