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St Peter Canisius Church (Dutch, '' Sint-Petrus Canisiuskerk'') is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. It is situated on Molenstraat in the centre of the city. It is run by the Society of Jesus and is in the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch. It is built on the site of a 14th-century monastery, which was passed into the hands of the Jesuits in 1818. It was rebuilt in 1896 and again in 1960 after being bombed in the Second World War. ==History== This church is on the site of a 14th-century monastery. After the Eighty Years' War and the subsequent devastation and depopulation, the location was used as a Walloon church and then a Lutheran church. In 1818, the church was again used a Catholic place of worship, being given to the Jesuits.〔 From 1821 to 1925, it was dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. However, because the church was too small for the expanding Catholic population, a larger church had to be built. From 1894 to 1896, a new Gothic Revival church with presbytery was built by the architect Nicolaas Molenaar Sr., who also designed St Francis Xavier Church in Enkhuizen. The new church was consecrated in 1898. It received its present name in 1925, when it was dedicated to St. Peter Canisius, who was canonized that year.〔(Peter Canisius ) from Meertens.Knaw.nl, retrieved 14 September 2013〕 During the Second World War, Nijmegen was bombarded and a large part of the church building was destroyed on 22 February 1944, only the chancel and transept remained. Between 1958 and 1960, a new church building by the architects J. Coumans, W. van Dael and A. Siebers was built and was connected to the old transept and choir.〔(History and tour ) from St Peter Canisius Parish, retrieved 14 September 2013〕 It is one of two places run by the Jesuits in Nijmegen, the other being the Berchmanianum in the Brakkenstein district of Nijmegen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Peter Canisius Church, Nijmegen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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