Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church
- Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church
The Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church is a Roman Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland maintained by the Carmelite order. The church is noted for having the relics of Saint Valentine, which were donated to the church in the 19th century by Pope Gregory XVI from their previous location in the cemetery of St. Hippolytus in Rome. [ [http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/valentine.htm Saint Valentine relics] ] [http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/valentine.htm] .
The church is on the site of a pre-Reformation Carmelite priory built in 1539. The current structure dates from 1825 and was designed by George Papworth, who also designed St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. It was extended and enlarged in 1856 and 1868.
The church also contains relics of St. Albert, a Sicilian who died in 1306. On his feast day (August 7), a relic of the saint is dipped into the water of St. Albert's Well and is said to grant healing of body and mind those who use the water.
The church also contains a life-size oak figure of Our Lady of Dublin [ [http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/whitefriarstreet.htm] ]
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