Church of the English Benedictines, Paris

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The Church of the English Benedictines in Paris was a monastic church of the English Benedictine community in exile, historically notable as the burial site of the deposed Stuart king James II of England.


Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic church
monastic church
associatedWithCommunity English Catholic exiles
associatedWithDynasty House of Stuart
associatedWithMovement Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobitism
associatedWithNationality English
associatedWithPerson James II of England
associatedWithTitle King of England
Scottish monarch
surface form: King of Scotland
burialPlaceOf James II of England
James VII of Scotland
country France
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
historicalContext English Catholic exile after the Reformation
Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobite period
historicalPeriod Early modern period
languageOfCommunity English
locatedIn Kingdom of France
Paris
locatedInCity Paris
notableFor being burial site of James II of England
primaryFunction community church for English Benedictine exiles
monastic worship
religiousAffiliation Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Order
religiousOrder Benedictines
Benedictines
surface form: English Benedictines
rite Latin Rite
statusOfCommunity exiled
usedAs burial church for members of the Stuart court in exile
usedBy English Benedictine community in exile

Referenced by (2)

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

James II of England burialPlace Church of the English Benedictines, Paris
James VII of Scotland burialPlace Church of the English Benedictines, Paris