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San Thome Basilica

San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the neighbourhood of Chennai, in .
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  • Opening hours: 6:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Basilica of the National Shrine of St.Thomas”, “National Shrine of St Thomas Basilica”, “Santhome Church”, “St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica”, and “St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai”
  • Address: 12 Rosary Church Road, Chennai, Santhome, 600004

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Consulate General of the Russian Federation and St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School.

Government office
The in represents the interests of the Russian government in the of . The other missions are the Embassy of the Russian Federation in and the in and . is situated 230 metres north of San Thome Basilica.

School
St. Bede's is a higher secondary school in , , , established in 1907 with the goal of providing Catholic education for children of European and Anglo-Indian descent.

Hindu temple
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The is a dedicated to the god Shiva. It is located in , in the state of . The temple was built around the 7th century CE and is an example of South Indian Architecture. is situated 1 km west of San Thome Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santhome and Mylapore.

Suburb
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, also written San Thome, is a locality in in city in India. It was a Portuguese settlement in the 16th century.

Suburb
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, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of , India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , India. It is situated along the southern stretch of the . The proposed Marina Business centre commercial complex on 25 acre land at in Chennai, is planned to develop by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.

San Thome Basilica

Latitude
13.03359° or 13° 2′ 1″ north
Longitude
80.27778° or 80° 16′ 40″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Levels
2
Open location code
7M5227MH+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1115403900
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
8436245
Wiki­data ID
Q733577
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Thome Basilica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس توماس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Թովմասի տաճար”
  • Catalan: “basílica de Sant Tomàs”
  • Chinese: “圣多默圣殿 (金奈)”
  • Chinese: “圣多默圣殿”
  • Czech: “Bazilika svatého Tomáše”
  • Czech: “San Thome Basilica”
  • Dutch: “San Thome Basilica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سان ثوم”
  • Esperanto: “baziliko de sankta Tomaso”
  • Estonian: “Chennai Püha Tooma katedraal”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Thomas de Chennai”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Thomas”
  • French: “Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Thomas de Madras”
  • German: “Kathedrale von Chennai”
  • German: “St. Thomas Basilica”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Tamás-bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika San Thome”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Chennai”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Tommaso”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Tommaso”
  • Japanese: “サン・トメ聖堂”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಥಾಮಸ್ ಕಥೀಡ್ರಲ್ ಬಸಿಲಿಕಾ”
  • Korean: “산토메 대성당”
  • Korean: “산토메 사원”
  • Malay: “Basilika Santo Thomas,Chennai”
  • Malayalam: “മൈലാപ്പൂർ പള്ളി”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੈਨ ਥੌਮ ਬੇਸਿਲਿਕਾ”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Tomasza w Santhome”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Tomasza”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de São Tomé”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral Basílica de São Tomé Apóstolo”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Фомы (Ченнаи)”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Фомы”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika sv. Tomaža”
  • Spanish: “basilica de Santo Tomas”
  • Spanish: “basílica de Santo Tomás”
  • Spanish: “Catedral basílica de Santo Tomás”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Casílica de Santo Tomás el Apóstol”
  • Swedish: “San Thome Basilica”
  • Tamil: “சென்னை சாந்தோம் தேவாலயம்”
  • Tamil: “சென்னை சாந்தோம் பேராலயம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор святого Фоми (Ченнаї)”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор святого Фоми”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương cung thánh đường Thánh Tôma”

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