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Creation Date
5-3-2009
Historic District
St Leo Abbey Historic District
Description
Church of Holy Cross St. Leo Abbey 3 Ground was broken for the Church of the Holy Cross at Saint Leo in August 15, 1935, and the most Reverend T.J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine, solemnly consecrated the new monastic church on January 29, 1948. It is a Roman Catholic church.
St Leo Abbey is also home to St Leo University, as well as being a community of Benedictine monks. The rural campus is surrounded by working farms and orange groves on rolling hills.
Contributing Building - St Leo Abbey Historic District - National Register of Historic Places
NRIS #97001637
Latitude, Longitude
28.336955,-82.259702
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Church of the Holy Cross St. Leo, FL 3" (2009). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 923.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/923
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida -- Jacksonville; College campuses; Church buildings; Catholic church buildings; Historic buildings; Church of Holy Cross; St Leo Fl.; Images