Sainte-Croix is a suburb of the capital city, Port Louis, in

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

, an independent island in the

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. It is most famous for its association with the

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

'' beatus'' , who worked in as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864. He is now buried at the Church of , and is thus a place of pilgrimage for Catholics in Mauritius. This place is mentioned in the popular song "Ki Zot Problem" as being one the famous "ghetto" places of Mauritius along with Roche Bois, Batterie Kase, Cite Barkly and Cite St Clair.

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