Calvary Cemetery (St. Paul, Minnesota)
History
The first Catholic cemetery in St. Paul was next to the log Chapel of Saint Paul. Prior to 1849, eleven people had been buried in it. In 1853, it was abandoned when a new cemetery was built at Marshall and Western streets, the current location of Saint Joseph's Academy. However, with the city still expanding quickly, forty acres of land were purchased for $4,000 ($135,644 in 2023) in 1856. Bodies were moved to the new location from the Marshall location on November 2, 1856 (All Souls Day) in a solemn procession to the new location, called Calvary cemetery. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Minnesota.
Some 50,000 burials were recorded from 1856 to 1930. There are currently more than 103,000 internments.
The cemetery is currently around 100 acres in size.
Notable interments
- Paul Castner, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Joseph Crétin, first bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul
- Pierce Butler, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1923 – 1939)
- Austin Dowling, second archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul
- Thomas Grace, second bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul
- Theodore Hamm, founder of Hamm's Brewery
- John Ireland third bishop and first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul
- Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, architect
- Mike O'Dowd, boxer, World Middleweight champion from 1917 to 1920
- Augustin Ravoux, French priest and missionary
References
- ^ Reardon, James Michael (1952). The Catholic Church in the Diocese of St. Paul : from earliest origin to centennial achievement : a factual narrative. Saint Paul, Minnesota: North Central Publishing Company.
- ^ "Calvary Cemetery". The Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ Pfitzinger, Julie (May 19, 2005). "With 100 acres and 150 years, Calvary Cemetery is historic ground" (PDF). pp. 11, 12. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ Thornley, Stew (2004). Six feet under: a graveyard guide to Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873515146.
- ^ Christensen, George A., Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited, Journal of Supreme Court History, Volume 33 Issue 1, Pages 17 – 41 (Feb 19, 2008), University of Alabama.
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