Twilight Over St. John the Baptist Cathedral Savannah Georgia
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Twilight Over St. John the Baptist Cathedral Savannah Georgia
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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The colonial charter of Savannah prohibited Roman Catholics from settling in Savannah. The English trustees feared that Catholics would be more loyal to the Spanish authorities in Florida than to the English government in Georgia. This prohibition faded shortly after the American Revolution. The church's congregation was reorganized about 1796. French Catholic �migr�s established the first church in 1799 when they arrived from Haiti after slave rebellions began on that Caribbean island in 1791.[2] A second church was dedicated in 1839 as the number of Catholics increased in Savannah. Construction began on the new Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in 1873 and was completed with the addition of the spires in 1896. The structure was nearly destroyed by fire in 1898 but through diligent effort was rebuilt by 1899.
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