St Helen's Basilica
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St Helen's Basilica (Maltese: Il-Bażilika ta' Sant' Elena) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church situated in Birkirkara, Malta.[2] It is built on the baroque design by Salvu Borg and built by Mason Domenico Cachia.[3][1] The design was inspired, and is similar, to the Mdina Cathedral by Lorenzo Gafa.[4] It was built to replace the role of the main old Parish Church of St. Mary (still parish church of the area) that was damaged in the 1856 earthquake.[5] It eventually became the Collegiate Church and then a Minor Basilica.[6] The current parish archpriest is Mons Louis Suban.
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Basilica of St Helen | |
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The Basilica and Proto-Collegiate, Parish Church of St Helen | |
Il-Knisja ta' Santa Liena Il-Bażilika u Proto-Kolleġġjata Arċipretali ta' Sant' Elena | |
35.9000°N 14.4653°E / 35.9000; 14.4653 | |
Location | Birkirkara |
Country | Malta |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | stelenamuseum.com |
History | |
Status | Collegiate Church, Minor Basilica, Parish Church |
Consecrated | 19 April 1745[1] |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Salvu Borg |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Clergy | |
Provost | Mons Louis Suban. |
Dean | Anton Mallia Borg |
Precentor | Ġużepp Micallef |
Chancellor | Charles Gauci |
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