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    LocationKotahena, Colombo
    Completed1828
    CountrySri Lanka
    DenominationCatholic Church
    History

    The church's origins relate to the early Dutch colonial period when Catholicism was banned from the island, with Catholic priests carrying out sermons from hiding places. Fr. Antonio disguised himself as a local merch… See more

    2019 attack

    On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of suicide bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. At least 93 people were killed in the blast. On 9 June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra … See more

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