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Former Church of the Brothers of Mercy, Greek Catholic Church

Biserica Mizericordienilor
Former Church of the Brothers of Mercy, Greek Catholic Church
Biserica Mizericordienilor
Former Church of the Brothers of Mercy, Greek Catholic Church
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Greek Catholic
Settlement:
Temesvár, Timișoara
Address:
Strada Sfântul Ioan
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7556012313, 21.2247296674
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History

The beginnings of medical care in the town are linked to the Franciscan monks of the Society of St Nepomuk. On the initiative of Count Hamilton, the leader of the Society and a general of the Bánság, the first hospital and pharmacy were built in the town between 1735 and 1737 and entrusted to the monks of the Brothers of Mercy, who came to care for the sick. The church next door to the hospital was built between 1748 and 1753 on the site of an old chapel of the Brothers of Mercy. The church was destroyed in 1849 but rebuilt in 1851. In 1990 the Roman Catholic Church gave the church to the Greek Catholic Church.

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