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  2. Church of the Company Fire - Wikipedia

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    2,000-3,000 dead. The Church of the Society fire (8 December 1863) is the largest fire ever to have affected the city of Santiago, Chile. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people died, probably the largest number of people to die in an accidental fire in any one building in the world, and even one of the worst building fires of a religious building.

  3. Church of La Compañía, Quito - Wikipedia

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    ficj.org.ec. The Church and Convent of San Ignacio de Loyola de la Compañía de Jesús de Quito, also known in the Ecuadorian people simply as La Compañía, is a Catholic clerical complex located on the corner formed by calles García Moreno and Sucre, in the Historic Center of the city of Quito, capital of Ecuador.

  4. Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco - Wikipedia

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    273. Inscription. 1983 (7th Session) Area. Latin America and the Caribbean. The Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús (Church of the Society of Jesus) is a historic Jesuit church in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, in Cusco Region, Peru. It is situated in the Plaza de Armas de Cusco, the city center. It is built on an Inca palace. [1]

  5. Jesuits - Wikipedia

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    The Church of the Society of Jesus (Spanish: La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), known colloquially as la Compañía, is a Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador. It is among the best-known churches in Quito because of its large central nave, which is profusely decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings.

  6. Religious of the Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    Beaterio de la Compania de Jesus. The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary ( Spanish: Religiosas de la Beata Virgen María, abbreviated RVM, is a Roman Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women founded in Manila in 1684 by the Filipina Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo .

  7. Iglesia y Convento de la Compañía de Jesús, Antigua Guatemala

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    Convent and Church of the Society of Jesus. /  14.55750°N 90.73556°W  / 14.55750; -90.73556. The Church and convent of the Society of Jesus in Antigua Guatemala is a religious complex that was built between 1690 and 1698. It was built on a block that is only 325 yards (300 m) away from the Cathedral of Saint James on a lot that once ...

  8. Miguel Venegas - Wikipedia

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    Miguel Venegas was born in Puebla, New Spain. He received an academic degree prior to joining the Jesuit order, which he did in 1700 in Tepotzotlán. Five years later, he was an ordained member and he taught philosophy and moral theology at the Colegio S. Pedro y S. Pablo de México. [1] He suffered from health problems and bodily swellings ...

  9. Cusco Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The Cathedral of Cusco or Cathedral Basilica of the Virgin of the Assumption is the main temple of the city of Cusco, in Peru and houses the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Cusco. The Cathedral Basilica of Cusco, together with the Triunfo temple make up the Cathedral Complex, it is located in the northeast sector of the current Plaza de ...