Greyfriars Church, London

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Franciscan church former church building medieval church

Greyfriars Church, London was a prominent medieval Franciscan church in the City of London that served as a royal burial site and an important religious and political center until its destruction in the Great Fire of 1666.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Christ Church Greyfriars, London 2
Greyfriars Church, London canonical 2
Greyfriars church 1

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan church ⓘ
former church building ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1666 ⓘ
denomination Catholic ⓘ
destroyedBy Great Fire of London ⓘ
era pre-Reformation England ⓘ
event destruction in the Great Fire of 1666 ⓘ
function political center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
royal burial site ⓘ
heritage medieval London church ⓘ
historicalSignificance important Franciscan house in London ⓘ
major ecclesiastical institution in the City of London ⓘ
locatedIn City of London ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableFeature association with English royalty ⓘ
partOf medieval City of London religious institutions ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor ⓘ
surface form: Franciscans
significantPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
usedFor burials ⓘ
political gatherings ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
royal ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isabella of France → burialPlace → Greyfriars Church, London ⓘ
Beatrice of England → burialPlace → Greyfriars Church, London ⓘ
Margaret of France → burialPlace → Greyfriars Church, London ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christ Church Greyfriars, London
Christ Church, Newgate Street, London → medievalPredecessor → Greyfriars Church, London ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greyfriars church
Margaret of France, Queen of England → burialPlace → Greyfriars Church, London ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christ Church Greyfriars, London