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Notre Dame de l'Assomption, les Saintes

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Notre-Dame de l'Assomption is a Roman Catholic Church of the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, a dependency of the French Overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located in rue Jean Calot in Fond-du-Curé, a quartier of Terre-de-Haut Island. It is Latin Rite parish which is included in the diocese of Guadeloupe, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. It is registered on the National Heritage Site of France by ministerial decree of 31 December 1979.OriginThe parish was dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption in honour of the French victory of 15 August 1666, against the English troops. Sir. du Lion established the cult and the feast day on the island in remembrance. Notre-Dame de l'Assomption became from then on the Patron saint of Terre-de-Haut.

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