St Patrick’s Church

St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Cowgate part of , Scotland. It was built from 1771 to 1774, and became a Catholic church in 1856.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh, Cowgate, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church”, “St Patrick’s Church, Cowgate”, “St Patrick’s Church, Edinburgh”, “St Patrick’s RC Church”, and “St. Patrick’s Church”
  • Address: Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1NA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Childhood and National Museum of Scotland.

Museum
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The is a museum that houses a collection of children's toys and playthings, situated on the , in , . It is the first museum in the world to specialise in the history of childhood.

Museum
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The in , Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. is situated 1,400 feet southwest of St Patrick’s Church.

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, popularly known as John Knox's House, is a historic house in , Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century. is situated 380 feet north of St Patrick’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbiedykes and Old Town.

Suburb
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is a residential area in the centre of , . It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by .

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is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

Neighborhood
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is an area in , the capital of , lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the . The area takes its name from , which was the Church of the Holy Rude. includes the following sites:…

St Patrick’s Church

Latitude
55.94966° or 55° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.18448° or 3° 11′ 4″ west
Inception
1774
Open location code
9C7RWRX8+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 292183348
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q17811276
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In Other Languages

“St Patrick’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “聖博德教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖派翠克教堂”

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