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13-462: (Redirected from Holy Ghost Church ) Church of the Holy Ghost or Holy Ghost Catholic Church may refer to: Church of the Holy Ghost, Copenhagen , Denmark Holy Ghost Church, Basingstoke , Hampshire, England Church of the Holy Ghost, Crowcombe , Somerset, England Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton , Somerset, England Church of

26-426: A settlement, Krag agreed to build what was known as a House of the Holy Ghost . Such houses were facilities which cared for the sick, the poor and the old, more refuges for the weak and disabled than hospitals in the modern sense of the word. The construction of the new building was to be paid for by the bishop and the citizens in equal shares. For its support, an annual ground rent was assessed all properties. Over

39-577: A spire mounted in August 1594. It is attributed to Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder although no clear documentation exists. The church burned in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 . 55°40′44″N 12°34′37″E  /  55.6790°N 12.5769°E  / 55.6790; 12.5769 Bishop of Roskilde The former Diocese of Roskilde ( Danish : Roskilde Stift ) was a diocese within

52-405: A standstill and in 1530 the abbey was decommissioned. After the reformation the church was converted into a parish church . At the initiative of Christoffer Valkendorff , at that time Governor of Copenhagen, work on the tower was resumed in 1582. Brickwork was continued in another bond , making the transition between the old and the new part of the tower easily detectable. The tower was topped by

65-563: Is today divided between the Diocese of Copenhagen , the "new" Diocese of Roskilde , and the Diocese of Helsingør . The episcopal see of the Bishop was Roskilde Cathedral but from 1167, when Bishop Absalon completed a new bishop 's palace known as Absalon's Castle on the small island of Slotsholmen , he resided at the small town of Havn , which later became the present Danish capital Copenhagen . The diocese originally included both

78-860: The Roman-Catholic Church which was established in Denmark some time before 1022. The diocese was dissolved with the Reformation of Denmark and replaced by the Protestant Diocese of Zealand in 1537. Today, the region once within the Diocese of Roskilde's jurisdiction is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen . Within the Church of Denmark , the region formerly within the ancient Diocese of Roskilde

91-506: The Holy Ghost , with Santo Spirito in Rome as inspiration and mother church. The abbey consisted of four wings around a courtyard. Of these the present-day church has evolved from the south wing while the House of the Holy Ghost is the former west wing. Originally the church did not have a tower. Construction of a tower was commenced in 1520 but before long the Reformation brought things to

104-551: The Holy Ghost, Copenhagen The first abbey in Copenhagen was a Franciscan monastery founded in 1238, just 12 years after the death of Francis of Assisi . Prior to that, Archbishop Eskil had founded two Cistercian monasteries, Esrom Abbey and Herrevad Abbey . Typically for the order, they had been founded at more remote locations in Northern Zealand and Skåneland . At first, the new institution in Copenhagen

117-575: The Holy Ghost, Yeovil , Somerset, England Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn , Estonia Church of the Holy Ghost, Bern , Switzerland Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Bagamoyo) , Tanzania Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Denver, Colorado) , United States Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Kula, Hawaii) , United States Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Dubuque, Iowa) , United States Holy Ghost Church ( Opelousas, Louisiana ), United States Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church (Pittsburgh) , Pennsylvania, United States See also [ edit ] Church of

130-474: The Holy Spirit (disambiguation) Holy Ghost High School (1874–1971), Opelousas, Louisiana, United States Holy Ghost Preparatory School (1897–present), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Church of the Holy Ghost . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

143-415: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_the_Holy_Ghost&oldid=1208866637 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Church of

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156-462: The years, the hospital also received its own endowments, mainly of property, which provided income for its support. Next to the hospital a small church was built although it is not known exactly when it was added to the complex. In 1469, King Christian I transformed the hospital into an abbey. Later, on his journey to Rome in 1474, Pope Sixtus IV acknowledged it as an institution under the Order of

169-501: Was more of a hostal and workshop for travelling monks than a monastery proper. It was expanded on a number of occasions and remained the only monastery and a central part of the city's life for the next 250 years. In 1296, a hospital was built by Roskilde Bishop Johannes Krag who was member of the powerful Krag-Hvide noble family. Johannes Krag's strict rule over the city had brought its population to an uprising. They attempted to storm Bishop's Palace at Slotsholmen and as part of

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