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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet [3] (/ ɡ aʊ ˈ d i / gow-DEE, / ˈ ɡ aʊ d i / GOW-dee, Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; [4] 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish architect and designer, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. [5] Gaudí's works have a sui generis style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his main work ...
Year of death Year declared Servant of God Notes / References Adrienne von Speyr: 1967: 2018: Swiss theologian and physician Alcide De Gasperi: 1954: 1993: Prime Minister of Italy: Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque: 1329: 1723: Portuguese noble Ángel Herrera Oria: 1968: 1996: Spanish cardinal Angela Iacobellis: 1961: 1991: Antoni Gaudí ...
"Barcelona's star architect Antoni Gaudi was run over by a tram." - Common enough cause of death. Agree more or less. "Leon Trotsky, the Soviet revolutionary leader in exile, was assassinated with an ice axe in his Mexico home." - Assassination, again. Pretty common. The tool of assassination is unusual, but this is borderline.--
He restored the church of Santa Maria del Pi, the Basílica de Santa Maria de Vilafranca and the Casa de Misericòrdia; he also designed many parish churches and the apse of the basilica of the Monastery of Montserrat, a commission on which Antoni Gaudí worked under him in a junior capacity.
It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí". [5] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica ...
Completed portion. The Church of Colònia Güell (Catalan: Cripta de la Colònia Güell, IPA: [ˈkɾiptə ðə lə kuˈlɔniə ˈɣweʎ]) is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí.It was built as a place of worship for the people on a hillside in a manufacturing area in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, near Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). [1]
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This page is a list of Catalan saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia.