St. Francis Xavier Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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St. Francis Xavier Church is a
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parish located at 611 Sycamore Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...
. This was the location of the first diocesan cathedral and the center of early Catholic life in the city. It was dedicated to St. Peter on December 17, 1826. Christ Church, founded in 1819, the city's first Catholic church, was located at Vine and Liberty streets, in the "Northern Liberties" area, at the time outside of the city. A story that the church had to be built on the outskirts of the city because anti-Catholic prejudice prevented a Catholic church within city limits has been shown to be false by church historians. Its frame building was moved on wheels to Sycamore Street in 1826 to serve as the first seminary. Saint Francis Seraph Church now is on the former site, on land purchased from James Findlay. St. Francis Xavier has existed as its own parish since 1845 when the cathedral was moved to Saint Peter In Chains Cathedral at Eight & Plum Streets. The parish has been under the direction of the Society of Jesus (
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) since 1840. The present brick edifice with stone facing and ornate
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was built in 1860.
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and St. Xavier High School were founded next to the St. Xavier Church. Both institutions have since moved to separate locations due to space constraints and expansion. Today the church serves the
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community.


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and image of
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, and
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in 1831


See also

*
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* St. Xavier Commercial School


References

*
Saint Xavier Parish Profile


External links


St. Xavier Church official websiteSt. Xavier CollegeSt. Xavier Parish School, 520 Sycamore Street
Roman Catholic churches in Cincinnati National Register of Historic Places in Cincinnati Religious organizations established in 1845 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States 1845 establishments in Ohio Cincinnati Local Historic Landmarks Roman Catholic churches completed in 1860 Xavier University {{HamiltonCountyOH-NRHP-stub