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San Antonio y Santa Clara, Montevideo

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Iglesia de San Antonio y Santa Clara
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Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Parish church
Location
Location Canelones 1680
Montevideo, Uruguay
Interactive map of Iglesia de San Antonio y Santa Clara
Architecture
Type Church
Direction of façade North

San Antonio y Santa Clara, Montevideo — The Church of Saint Anthony and Saint Clare (Spanish: Iglesia de San Antonio y Santa Clara) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

Overview

This church is part of an important architectural ensemble which includes a convent; it is located on the intersection of the streets Canelones and Minas, in the barrio Palermo. The parish was established on 7 September 1961.[1]

Held by the Friars Minor Capuchin, who have a long history in the territory of Uruguay since colonial times[2] and now conform a Province with Argentina.[3] The church is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Clare of Assisi.[4]

It boasts a Tamburini organ from 1924, one of the biggest in the country.[5]

Same devotion

There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua:

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Iglesia de San Antonio y Santa Clara". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. Back to citation History of the Franciscans in Uruguay (in Spanish)
  3. Back to citation Franciscan Province of the River Plate Deprecated link archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today (in Spanish)
  4. Back to citation "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  5. Back to citation The organ of the Capuchins (in Spanish)

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