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St. Ignatius Church

The Cathedral of St. Ignatius of Loyola also called Church of St. Ignatius is a religious building of the Roman Catholic Church that serves as the cathedral of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania. It is located in the capital, .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Vilnius”, “Church of St. Ignatius, Vilnius”, and “Šv. Ignoto bažnyčia”
  • Address: Šv. Ignoto g. 6, Vilnius
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania and Church of St. Catherine.

Photo: Sfu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Presidential Palace is the official residence and workplace of the president of Lithuania. Located in , . The palace dates back to the 14th century when it was first used as the residence of the Bishop of Vilnius. and during its history, it has undergone various reconstructions, supervised by prominent architects, including Laurynas Gucevičius and Vasily Stasov. is situated 250 metres east of St. Ignatius Church.

Church
Photo: Juliux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Roman Catholic church in ' . It was founded by the Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Voivode of Vilnius Jan Karol Chodkiewicz in 1618. is situated 120 metres southwest of St. Ignatius Church.

Photo: Sigitas Jakucionis, CC BY 2.0.
Radvilas Palace is a Late Renaissance palace in the Old Town of Vilnius, . is situated 190 metres northwest of St. Ignatius Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Naujamiestis.

Suburb
Photo: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres.

Suburb
is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, . It occupies 4.9 km². According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 28,157, giving it a population density of 5,745 people per square kilometer.

Quarter
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , the capital of , largely located in , a UNESCO World Heritage Site. means "beyond the river" or "the other side of the river" in the Lithuanian language and refers to the Vilnia River; the name Vilnius was derived from the Vilnia.

St. Ignatius Church

Latitude
54.6827° or 54° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
25.2821° or 25° 16′ 56″ east
Open location code
9G67M7MJ+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81298425
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3581823
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Spanish—“St. Ignatius Church” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “St.-Ignatius-Kirche (Vilnius)”
  • Belarusian: “Касцёл Святога Ігнація Лаёлы”
  • Belarusian: “Касцёл Святога Ігнацыя Лаёлы ў Вільнюсе”
  • Chinese: “圣依納爵罗耀拉主教座堂”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Ignatiuskerk (Vilnius)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Ignatiuskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس اجناطيوس فيلنيوس”
  • French: “église Saint-Ignace de Loyola”
  • French: “Église Saint-Ignace de Loyola”
  • German: “St. Ignatius”
  • German: “St.-Ignatius-Kirche”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Ordinariat Militer Vilnius”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Sant’Ignazio”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Sant’Ignazio”
  • Latvian: “Viļņas Ignācija katoļu baznīca”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus šv. Ignoto bažnyčia”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Ignoto bažnyčia”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Ignacego w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Kościół pw, świętego Ignacego Loyoli”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Ignacego Loyoli i klasztor Jezuitów w Wilnie”
  • Russian: “Костёл Святого Игнатия Лойолы”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Ignacio de Loyola”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St. Ignatius Church”. Photo: Alma Pater, Public domain.