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The Basilica of St Therese of the Child Jesus () is a religionenlibertad.com
(Spanish)
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The Basilica of St Therese of the Child Jesus () is a Roman Catholic
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minor basilica
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in Cairo
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, Egypt
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, dedicated to Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), religious name, in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelites, Discalced Carmelite who is widely v ...
. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1931 and the construction was finished in 1932. The church is under the circumscription of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt
The Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, or in full - of Alexandria of Egypt-Heliopolis-Port Said () is a Roman Catholic Apostolic vicariate (missionary ordinariate) in Egypt, named after its cathedral see in Alexandria, a port city and fo ...
. It was decreed basilica on July 8, 1972. Saint Therese is well known among both Egyptian Catholics and Copts
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. Hundreds of votive tablets covering the walls of the crypt testify the granted intercession of the saint. On the Line 2 metro, the metro station
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close to the basilica is named after Saint Theresa.(Spanish)
Literature
* Manfred Karl Böhm: Eine beliebte Pilgeroase an den Ufern des Nils. Das Heiligtum "St. Theresia vom Kinde Jesus" in Kairo, in: Theresien-Kalender 1995 (70. Jahrgang), S.43-44.References
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