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Church of St. Denis (Liège)

Church of St. Denis
Collégiale Saint-Denis en Liège
Jan Weissenbruch - De kerk van St Denis te Luik.jpg
Jan Weissenbruch, The Church of St. Denis in Liège (about 1850-1860)
Church of St. Denis is located in Belgium
Church of St. Denis
Church of St. Denis
50°38′34.57″N 5°34′28.51″E / 50.6429361°N 5.5745861°E / 50.6429361; 5.5745861Coordinates: 50°38′34.57″N 5°34′28.51″E / 50.6429361°N 5.5745861°E / 50.6429361; 5.5745861
Location Place Saint-Denis, Liège
Country Belgium
Denomination Catholic Church
Website www.upsl.be/communautes/paroissiales/saint-denis/
History
Founded 978
Founder(s) Notker of Liège
Consecrated 12 March 990
Architecture
Functional status parish church
Heritage designation Patrimoine exceptionnel
Designated 1936
Style Romanesque
Administration
Parish Unité pastorale Saint-Lambert
Diocese Diocese of Liège
Clergy
Bishop(s) Jean-Pierre Delville

The Church of St. Denis (French: Collégiale Saint-Denis) in Liège, Belgium, is a former fortified collegiate church, founded by Notker of Liège in 987 and first consecrated on 12 March 990. The tower was added around 1100. The church has since 1936 been registered as a listed building, and is currently listed as "exceptional heritage" of Wallonia.

The Church of St Denis was one of the seven collegiate churches of Liège, which until the Liège Revolution of 1789 collectively comprised the "secondary clergy" in the First Estate of the Prince-bishopric of Liège. The church was suppressed in 1797, but the building was taken into use as a parish church in 1803.


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