Church of the Holy Rude
The Church of the Holy Rude is the medieval parish church of Stirling, Scotland. It is named after the Holy Rood, a relic of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified.Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: April—October 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Church of Holy Rude”, “Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling”, and “Stirling, St John Street, Church Of The Holy Rude”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Cowane’s Hospital.
Stirling Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. Stirling Castle is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Church of the Holy Rude.
Cowane’s Hospital
Museum
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cowane's Hospital is a 17th-century almshouse in the Old Town of Stirling, Scotland. It was established in 1637 with a bequest of 40,000 merks from the estate of the merchant John Cowane.
Mar’s Wark
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mar's Wark is a ruined building in Stirling built 1570–1572 by John Erskine, Regent of Scotland and Earl of Mar, and now in the care of Historic Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Raploch.
Stirling
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of Stirlingshire. For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.
Raploch
Suburb
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raploch, known locally as The Raploch or The Raptap, is a district of the city of Stirling, which lies to the south of the River Forth in central Scotland.
Cambuskenneth
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cambuskenneth is a village in the city of Stirling, Scotland. It has a population of 250 and is the site of the historic Cambuskenneth Abbey. It is situated by the River Forth and the only road access to the village is along Ladysneuk Road from Alloa Road in Causewayhead.
Church of the Holy Rude
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.12081° or 56° 7′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.94453° or 3° 56′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C8R43C4+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 147216778OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q1783051
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Norwegian Bokmål—“Church of the Holy Rude” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gurutze Santuaren eliza”
- Dutch: “Church of the Holy Rude”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه هولى رود”
- French: “église de la Sainte-Croix de Stirling”
- French: “Église de la Sainte-Croix de Stirling”
- German: “Church of the Holy Rude”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית הצלב הקדוש”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den Hellige Kors Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det Hellige Kors‘ kirke i Stirling”
- Norwegian: “Det hellige kors’ kirke”
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