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Graves at other Catholic cemeteries across St. Louis, such as Old Cathedral, Rock Springs, Holy Trinity, Old St. Patrick's, New Bremen and others were also dug up and reinterred at Calvary. As the number of graves steadily grew, the cemetery acquired more land, eventually reaching its present-day size of 470 acres.
Sacred Heart Cemetery is owned by the Archdiocese of St. Louis.It was consecrated in 1874 after the local German settlers of Sacred Heart Catholic Church requested a plot of land to build a new cemetery.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski.
Those moved to Second Catholic Cemetery and those buried after that were ordered removed in the mid-1850s, they were moved to Calvary Cemetery after 1854. The current church was completed and dedicated in 1834. (Forgotten but not Gone, Tour of St. Louis’ Earliest Cemetery and Where it Went - Landmarks Assn of St. Louis, Inc.)
Pages in category "Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery , Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan -designed Wainwright Tomb , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
De Smet died in St. Louis on 23 May 1873. He was originally buried at St. Stanislaus Seminary near Florissant, as were some fellow early Jesuit explorers. In 2003, the remains in that cemetery were moved to Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, at the newer burial site for Jesuits of the Missouri Province.
The parish became known as Immaculate Conception/St. Henry's and was staffed by the Augustinians. The former St. Henry's Church at Rutger and California Streets was destroyed as a result of two fires in the mid 1990s and had to be torn down. [5] The Catholic population in the area declined over the years and the parish was closed in 2005.