St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church (St. Inigoes, Maryland)

	St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, July 2009
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Nearest city	St. Inigoes, Maryland
Coordinates	38°9′1.2″N 76°25′25.0″W / 38.150333°N 76.423611°WCoordinates: 38°9′1.2″N 76°25′25.0″W / 38.150333°N 76.423611°W
Built	1785
NRHP reference No.	75002086
Added to NRHP	November 03, 1975

St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located at St. Inigoes, St. Mary's County, Maryland.^[2] The church and its adjacent burial ground are situated on about two acres of land that are enclosed within a late 19th-century iron fence. The church was constructed between 1785 and 1787, with the sacristy added in 1817. The church walls are 21 inches thick, of brick laid in Flemish bond. Atop the roof is a small wooden belfry that in 1933 replaced a larger one in this same location.

St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

First Catholic Parish in English-speaking North America[]

It is a direct descendant of Maryland's first Roman Catholic Chapel at St. Mary's City, whose communicants formed the first nucleus of American Catholicism.^[2]^[3] The Parish, then connected to the one in St. Mary's City Maryland also fell under the umbrella of the first establishment of religious freedom in America,^[2]^[4]^[5] by George Calvert and his sons who established the new colony as a refuge for persecuted Catholics.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Colonial Relics[]

The church contains artifacts from the original "The Ark" and "The Dove" sailing ships, which bore the first settlers to the Maryland colony in 1633–34.^[2]

Stained glass depiction of local Indian chief in battle[]

The church also has a very old stained glass depiction of the local paramount Indian Chief in battle with rival Indians.^[2] That Chief later converted to Christianity and was a member of the parish in the 1640s.

Gallery[]

St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Rear View, July 2009
St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Artistic Headstone, July 2009

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Religious Freedom Byway Would Recognize Maryland's Historic Role", Megan Greenwell, Washington Post, Thursday, August 21, 2008 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081504104.html
^ J. Richard Rivoire (May 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cecilius Calvert, "Instructions to the Colonists by Lord Baltimore, (1633)" in Clayton Coleman Hall, ed., Narratives of Early Maryland, 1633-1684 (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910), 11-23.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reconstructing the Brick Chapel of 1667" Page 1, See section entitled "The Birthplace of Religious Freedom" "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, St. Mary's County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-166, "St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Webster Field Road, Saint Inigoes Shores vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD", 1 photo, supplemental material
St. Mary's County Historic Preservation Commission: St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church entry
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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[washingtonpost.com-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Religious Freedom Byway Would Recognize Maryland's Historic Role", Megan Greenwell, Washington Post, Thursday, August 21, 2008 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081504104.html

[mht_ihp-3] J. Richard Rivoire (May 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

[Cecilius_Calvert_1633-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cecilius Calvert, "Instructions to the Colonists by Lord Baltimore, (1633)" in Clayton Coleman Hall, ed., Narratives of Early Maryland, 1633-1684 (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910), 11-23.

[stmaryscity.org-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reconstructing the Brick Chapel of 1667" Page 1, See section entitled "The Birthplace of Religious Freedom" "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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