Saul Church

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Saul Church is a historic Christian church in Saul, County Down, Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with Saint Patrick and early Irish Christianity.

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Label Occurrences
Saul Church canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church
church building
historic site
associatedWith early Irish Christianity
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo Saint Patrick
denomination Christianity
hasCulturalSignificance site linked to the beginnings of Christianity in Ireland
hasFeature graveyard
rural setting
hasFunction parish church
hasHistoricalSignificance traditionally regarded as one of the earliest Christian church sites in Ireland
hasNameOrigin named after the village of Saul
hasReligiousAffiliation Catholic tradition (historical association with Saint Patrick)
heritageStatus historic church
isSiteOf commemorations of Saint Patrick’s mission in Ireland
languageOfLocality English
Irish
locatedIn County Down
Gaelic Ireland
surface form: Ireland (historical context)

Northern Ireland
Saul, County Down
locatedNear Downpatrick
locatedOn island of Ireland
partOf Christian heritage of Ireland
Croagh Patrick pilgrimage site
surface form: Saint Patrick pilgrimage sites
region Ulster
religiousTradition Western Christianity
subjectOf local religious traditions about Saint Patrick
touristAttraction yes
traditionallyAssociatedWith Saint Patrick
usedFor Christian worship
pilgrimage
religious tourism

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Saul, County Down hasChurch Saul Church