St. Peter's Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn, London.[1]
History
It was built by request of Saint Vincent Pallotti, and it is still under the control of the Pallotine order which he founded. He had assistance from Giuseppe Mazzini, who was in London at the time,[2] for the growing number of Italian immigrants in the mid 19th century and modelled by Irish architect Sir John Miller-Bryson on the Basilica San Crisogono in Rome.
It was consecrated on 16 April 1863 as The Church of St. Peter of all Nations. At the time of consecration, it was the only Basilica-style church in the UK. Its organ was built in 1886 by Belgian Anneesen.
The frontal section of the church consists of a loggia and portico with twin arches, above which are three alcoves. The central alcove contains a statue of Christ, whilst the sides contain statues of St. Bede and St. George. Between the alcoves are two large mosaics depicting the miracle of the fishes and Jesus giving the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to St. Peter.[3]
Above the façade is a 33-metre-high bell tower, built in 1891 which houses a bell known as "The Steel Monster".
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Although the original grand designs were never fully realised owing to a shortage of money, the final church built by J. M. Bryson proved to be pretty substantial. By the time it was completed, the nineteen metre high church had a capacity of two thousand and was the only church in the country to be built in the Roman Basilican style. The church seems to be jammed between various tall buildings, but it has a large and splendid interior. Today it has been accorded the status of a Grade II listed building.The church was equipped with a great bell cast in 1862 by Naylor Vickers of Sheffield which was one of several bells exhibited at the International Exhibition that year. The casting would have taken place under the watchful eyes of Col Tom E Vickers, who ran the foundry at Millsands (which is on the River Don in Sheffield). It was (and still is) one of the largest bells in England, (not the largest RC bell: Hosanna, Downside, Ampleforth, Liverpool RC Metropolitan are all larger). With a weight of approximately 87 cwt and a diameter of 90 inches (228.5 cm), this bell really is big....At that time, the only other large bell in London (apart from Big Ben in Westminster) was Great Tom in St Paul’s, Cathedral. At over 102 cwt, Great Tom is a heavier bell, but is nonetheless 7 inches smaller than the steel one.[4]
In the loggia are two remembrance plaques, one to veterans (mostly Italian Britons) of World War I and the other to 446 Italians who lost their lives on the Arandora Star.
During World War II, whilst Italian immigrants were interned, Irish Pallottines made use of the church. In 1953 it was returned to Italian control, since when it has been substantially remodelled, mostly in 1996.
The church has been the main gathering and reunion venue for the "Little Italy" community of Clerkenwell, and is a central feature of the annual processione held in mid-July. [5]
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- All Hallows-by-the-Tower
- All Hallows-on-the-Wall
- City Temple
- Dutch Church, Austin Friars
- St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
- St Andrew, Holborn
- St Andrew Undershaft
- St Anne and St Agnes
- St Bartholomew-the-Great
- St Bartholomew-the-Less
- St Benet, Paul's Wharf
- St Botolph, Aldersgate
- St Botolph, Aldgate
- St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
- St Bride, Fleet Street
- St Clement, Eastcheap
- St Dunstan-in-the-West
- St Edmund, King and Martyr
- St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate
- St Giles, Cripplegate
- St Helen, Bishopsgate
- St James, Garlickhythe
- St Katharine Cree
- St Lawrence Jewry
- St Magnus the Martyr
- St Margaret Lothbury
- St Margaret Pattens
- St Martin, Ludgate
- St Mary Abchurch
- St Mary Aldermary
- St Mary Moorfields
- St Mary Woolnoth
- St Mary-at-Hill
- St Mary-le-Bow
- St Michael, Cornhill
- St Michael, Paternoster Royal
- St Nicholas, Cole Abbey
- St Olave, Hart Street
- St Paul's Cathedral
- St Peter upon Cornhill
- St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
- St Stephen Walbrook
- St Vedast alias Foster
- Temple Church
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- All Hallows Bread Street
- All Hallows Honey Lane
- All Hallows Lombard Street
- All Hallows, Staining (tower remains)
- All-Hallows-the-Great
- All-Hallows-the-Less
- Christ Church, Greyfriars (ruins remain)
- College of Minor Canons
- Holy Trinity Gough Square
- Holy Trinity the Less
- Hospital of St Thomas of Acre
- Old St Paul's Cathedral
- St Alban, Wood Street (tower remains)
- St Alphage London Wall (ruins remain)
- St Andrew Hubbard
- St Ann Blackfriars
- St Antholin, Budge Row
- St Audoen within Newgate
- St Augustine, Watling Street (tower remains)
- St Augustine Papey
- St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange
- St Benet Fink
- St Benet Gracechurch
- St Benet Sherehog
- St Botolph Billingsgate
- St Christopher le Stocks
- St Dionis Backchurch
- St Dunstan-in-the-East (ruins remain)
- St Faith under St Paul's
- St Gabriel Fenchurch
- St George Botolph Lane
- St Gregory by St Paul's
- St James Duke's Place
- St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
- St John the Evangelist Friday Street
- St John Zachary
- St Katherine Coleman
- St Laurence Pountney
- St Leonard, Eastcheap
- St Leonard, Foster Lane
- St Margaret Moses
- St Margaret, New Fish Street
- St Martin Orgar (tower remains)
- St Martin Outwich
- St Martin Pomary
- St Martin Vintry
- St Mary Aldermanbury
- St Mary Axe
- St Mary Bothaw
- St Mary Colechurch
- St Mary Mounthaw
- St Mary Somerset (tower remains)
- St Mary Staining
- St Mary Woolchurch Haw
- St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street
- St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
- St Matthew Friday Street
- St Michael Bassishaw
- St Michael, Crooked Lane
- St Michael Queenhithe
- St Michael-le-Querne
- St Michael Wood Street
- St Mildred, Bread Street
- St Mildred, Poultry
- St Nicholas Acons
- St Nicholas Olave
- St Nicholas Shambles
- St Olave, Silver Street
- St Olave, Old Jewry (tower remains)
- St Pancras, Soper Lane
- St Peter le Poer
- St Peter, Paul's Wharf
- St Peter, Westcheap
- St Stephen Coleman Street
- St Swithin, London Stone
- St Thomas the Apostle
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- All Saints, Childs Hill
- All Saints, East Finchley
- All Saints, Friern Barnet
- Christ Church, Brent Street
- Christ Church, Barnet
- Christ Church, North Finchley
- Holy Trinity, East Finchley
- Holy Trinity Lyonsdown
- John Keble Church, Mill Hill
- St Alban, Golders Green
- St Alphage, Burnt Oak
- St Barnabas, Temple Fortune
- St Barnabas, Woodside Park
- St James, New Barnet
- St John, West Hendon
- St John the Apostle, Whetstone
- St John the Evangelist, Friern Barnet
- St Jude, Hampstead Garden Suburb
- St Luke, Finchley
- St Mark, Barnet Vale
- St Matthias the Apostle, Colindale
- St Michael, Golders Green
- St Michael and All Angels, Mill Hill
- St Paul, Finchley
- St Paul, Mill Hill
- St Peter, Arkley
- St Peter, Cricklewood
- St Peter-le-Poer, Friern Barnet
- St Stephen, Bell’s Hill
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- Keston Parish Church
- St George, Beckenham
- St Giles the Abbot, Farnborough
- St John the Baptist, West Wickham
- St Martin of Tours, Chelsfield
- St Mary Magdalene, Downe
- St Mary, St Mary Cray
- St Mary the Virgin, Hayes
- St Nicholas, Chislehurst
- St Peter and St Paul, Bromley
- St Peter and St Paul, Cudham
- St Paulinus, St Mary Cray
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- Christ Church, Hampstead
- Christ the King, Bloomsbury
- Holy Cross, St Pancras
- St Alban the Martyr, Holborn
- St John, Downshire Hill
- St John the Baptist, Kentish Town
- St Luke, Kentish Town
- St Mark, Regent's Park
- St Martin, Gospel Oak
- St Mary, Primrose Hill
- St Mary, Somers Town
- St Michael, Camden Town
- St Michael, Highgate
- (New) St Pancras
- St Paul, Camden Town
- St Saviour, Hampstead
- St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town
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- All Saints, Camden Town
- American International Church
- Danish Church
- Hillsong Church London
- Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town
- Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead
- Sacred Heart, Kilburn
- St Anne, Laxton Place
- St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields
- St Dominic, Belsize Park
- St Etheldreda, Holborn
- St George's Cathedral, St Pancras
- St John's Chapel, Bedford Row
- St Mary, Hampstead
- St Peter's Italian Church, Clerkenwell
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- All Saints, Ealing
- Christ the Redeemer, Southall
- Christ the Saviour, Ealing
- Holy Trinity, Southall
- St Alban, Acton Green
- St Barnabas, Ealing
- St Barnabas, Northolt Park
- St Christopher, Hanwell
- St Dunstan, East Acton
- St Edward the Confessor, Greenford
- St Gabriel, North Acton
- St George, Southall
- St Hugh, Northolt
- St James, Ealing
- St John, Ealing
- St Mary and St Nicholas, Greenford
- St Mellitus, Hanwell
- St Paul, Ealing
- St Peter, Acton Green
- St Peter, Ealing
- St Richard, Northolt
- St Saviour's Centre for the Deaf (former)
- St Stephen, Ealing
- St Thomas the Apostle, Hanwell
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- Christ Church, Cockfosters
- Christ Church United Reformed Church
- Christ Church, Southgate
- Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill
- Jesus Church, Forty Hill
- St Aldhelm, Upper Edmonton
- St Alphege, Lower Edmonton
- St Andrew, Southgate
- St George, Enfield Wash
- St Giles, Bullsmoor
- St James, Upper Edmonton
- St James, Enfield Highway
- St John, Clay Hill
- St John the Evangelist, Palmers Green
- St Luke, Browning Road
- St Mark, Bush Hill Park
- St Martin, Lower Edmonton
- St Mary Magdalene, Enfield Chase
- St Mary, Upper Edmonton
- St Mary, Edmonton
- St Mary with St John, Edmonton
- St Matthew, Ponders End
- St Michael & All Angels, Enfield
- St Michael, Upper Edmonton
- St Michael-at-Bowes
- St Paul, Hadley Wood
- St Paul, New Southgate
- St Paul, Winchmore Hill
- St Peter and St Paul, Enfield Lock
- St Peter, Grange Park
- St Peter, Lower Edmonton
- St Stephen, Bush Hill Park
- St Thomas, Oakwood
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- All Saints, Hanworth
- Christ Church, Turnham Green
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Hounslow
- Holy Trinity, Hounslow
- St Faith, Brentford
- St Francis of Assisi, Isleworth
- St John the Baptist, Isleworth
- St Mary, Osterley
- St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park
- St Michael, Grove Park
- St Paul, Bath Road
- St Paul, Brentford
- St Paul, Grove Park
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- Christ Church, Feltham
- Our Lady & St Christopher, Cranford
- Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, Chiswick
- Our Lady of Sorrows & St Bridget, Isleworth
- Our Lady Queen of the Apostles, Heston
- Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Gunnersbury
- St John the Evangelist, Brentford
- St Joseph, Grove Park
- St Lawrence, Feltham
- St Vincent de Paul, Osterley
- St Michael and St Martin, Hounslow
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- All Saints, Notting Hill
- Christ Church, Eldon Road
- Holy Trinity, Brompton
- Holy Trinity, Sloane Street
- St Augustine, Queen's Gate
- St Barnabas, Kensington
- St Clement, Notting Dale
- St Cuthbert, Earl's Court
- St George, Campden Hill
- St James, Norlands
- St John, Notting Hill
- St John the Baptist, Holland Road
- St Jude, Kensington
- St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital
- St Luke, Chelsea
- St Helen, North Kensington
- St Mary, Bourne Street
- St Mary the Boltons, Kensington
- St Michael and All Angels, Ladbroke Grove
- St Paul, Onslow Square
- St Peter, Notting Hill
- St Stephen, Gloucester Road
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Other denominations |
- Brompton Oratory
- Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche
- Essex Street Chapel, Kensington
- Fetter Lane Society, Chelsea
- Kensington Temple
- Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
- Our Lady of Victories, Kensington
- St Columba's, Pont Street
- St Mark, Kensington
- St Mary, Cadogan Street
- St Sarkis, Kensington
- St Sava, Notting Hill
- St Yeghiche, South Kensington
- Tabernacle, Notting Hill
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- All Saints, West Dulwich
- Christ Church, Lambeth
- Corpus Christi, Brixton
- St John the Divine, Kennington
- St John, Waterloo
- St Luke, West Norwood
- St Mark, Kennington
- St Mary, Clapham
- St Mary-at-Lambeth
- St Matthew, Brixton
- Sts Simon and Jude, Streatham Hill
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- St Alban, Upton Park
- All Saints, East Ham
- St Andrew, Plaistow
- St Andrew, East Ham
- Ascension, Victoria Docks
- St Barnabas, West Silvertown
- St Barnabas, Manor Park
- St Bartholomew, East Ham
- St Cedd, Canning Town
- Christ Church, Stratford
- St Edmund, Forest Gate
- Emmanuel, Forest Gate
- St Gabriel, Canning Town
- St George and St Ethelbert, East Ham
- Holy Trinity, Canning Town
- St James, Forest Gate
- St John the Baptist, East Ham
- St John, North Woolwich
- St John, Stratford
- St Katherine, Plaistow
- St Luke, Canning Town
- St Mark, Forest Gate
- St Mark, Victoria Docks
- St Martin, Plaistow
- St Mary, Plaistow
- St Matthew, West Ham
- St Matthew, Custom House
- St Matthias, Canning Town
- St Michael and All Angels, Beckton Road
- St Michael's, Romford Road
- St Michael's, Rutland Road
- St Paul's, Stratford
- St Paul's, East Ham
- St Peter's, Upton Cross
- St Philip & St James, Plaistow
- St Saviour, Forest Gate
- St Stephen, East Ham
- St Thomas, West Ham
- St Thomas, Plaistow
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- All Hallows, Twickenham
- All Saints, East Sheen
- All Saints' Hampton
- All Saints Twickenham
- All Souls, St Margarets
- Christ Church, East Sheen
- Holy Trinity Barnes
- Holy Trinity Richmond
- Holy Trinity Twickenham
- St Andrew, Ham
- St Augustine's, Whitton
- St James, Hampton Hill
- St John the Divine, Richmond
- St John, Hampton Wick
- St Luke, Kew
- St Mark, Teddington
- St Matthias, Richmond
- St Michael and All Angels, Barnes
- St Michael, Fulwell
- St Peter & St Paul, Teddington
- St Philip and All Saints, Kew (The Barn Church)
- St Philip and St James, Whitton
- St Richard, Ham
- St Stephen, Twickenham
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- Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride, Kew
- Our Lady Queen of Peace, Richmond
- Sacred Heart, Teddington
- St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton
- St Elizabeth, Richmond
- St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill
- St James, Twickenham
- St Margaret of Scotland, St Margarets
- St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake
- St Osmund, Barnes
- St Theodore, Hampton
- St Thomas Aquinas, Ham
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- Amyand Park Chapel, Twickenham
- Barnes Baptist
- Barnes Healing Church
- Barnes Methodist
- Bethlehem Chapel, Richmond
- Christ Church, Teddington
- Christian Fellowship in Richmond
- Duke Street Church, Richmond
- East Sheen Baptist
- Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel, Richmond
- Elim Pentecostal Church, East Sheen
- First Church of Christ, Scientist, Richmond
- Free Grace Baptist Church, Twickenham
- Friends, Richmond
- Ham Christian Centre
- Hampton Baptist
- Hampton Hill United Reformed
- Hampton Methodist
- Raleigh Road United, Richmond
- Richmond & Putney Unitarian
- St Francis (Hickey's Almshouses), Richmond
- Salvation Army, Teddington
- Salvation Army, Twickenham
- Teddington Baptist
- Teddington Methodist
- Twickenham Methodist
- Twickenham United Reformed Church
- The Vineyard Life Church, Richmond
- Whitton Baptist
- Whitton Methodist
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- Christ Church, Southwark
- St George the Martyr, Southwark
- St Giles, Camberwell
- St John Horsleydown, Southwark
- St Mary, Rotherhithe
- St Mary, Newington
- St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey
- St Olave, Southwark
- St Saviour, Southwark
- St Thomas, Southwark
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Ancient parish churches (pre-1800) |
- Christ Church, Spitalfields
- St Anne, Limehouse
- St Dunstan, Stepney
- St George in the East
- St John of Wapping
- St Katharine's by the Tower
- St Leonard, Bromley
- St Mary, Stratford-le-Bow
- St Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel
- St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- St Matthias Old Church, Poplar
- St Paul, Shadwell
- St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
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- All Saints, Margaret Street
- All Souls, Langham Place
- Annunciation, Marble Arch
- Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair
- Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks
- Henry VII Chapel
- Holy Trinity, Marylebone
- Holy Trinity, South Kensington
- Queen's Chapel, St James
- St Augustine's, Kilburn
- St Cyprian's, Marylebone
- St Gabriel's, Pimlico
- St James, Paddington
- St James the Less, Pimlico
- St John's Wood Church
- St Mary, Marylebone
- St Mary on Paddington Green
- St Matthew's, Bayswater
- St Matthew's, Westminster
- St Paul's, Knightsbridge
- St Peter, Vere Street
- St Peter's, Victoria
- St Saviour's, Pimlico
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- Church of our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Westminster
- Crown Court Church, Covent Garden
- Dormition Cathedral
- Enon Chapel
- French Protestant Church of London, Soho
- Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
- Notre Dame de France
- One Mayfair Church
- Regent Hall, Oxford Street
- Saint Charles Borromeo church
- St. James's, Spanish Place
- St John's Wood Road Baptist Church
- St Patrick's, Soho
- St Sophia's Cathedral, Bayswater
- Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, Mayfair
- Ulrika Eleonora
- West London Methodist Mission
- West Street Chapel, Westminster
- Westminster Cathedral
- Methodist Central Hall
- Westminster Chapel, Victoria
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