Consecrated 4 November 1718 Phone +49 511 1640520 Bell 4 (north tower) Architect Tommaso Giusti | Denomination Roman Catholic Functional status Active Status Basilica Groundbreaking 6 July 1712 | |
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Website www.st-clemens-hannover.de Address Goethestraße 33, 30169 Hannover, Germany Similar | ||
St. Clement's Basilica is the main Roman Catholic church in the city of Hanover. It is dedicated to Saint Clement of Rome. It is part of the parish of St. Heinrich and belongs to the Diocese of Hildesheim.
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History
Construction started in 1712, and finished in 1718. This was the first Roman Catholic church to be built in Hanover since the Reformation, when the Kingdom of Hanover became Protestant.
The church was almost totally destroyed during the Allied bombings in 1943 during World War II, as Hanover and other major cities were major targets for strategic bombing in an effort to cripple the Nazi regime. Reconstruction began in 1946, and the completed church was dedicated on 24 November 1957. On 12 March 1998, Pope John Paul II made the church a Minor Basilica.