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March 8, 2025
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This neo-Gothic cruciform church was founded by the Bruges priest Alphonse-Marie Coulon to serve the rapidly growing population of the Mont d'Halluin neighborhood.
The sisters of the Filles de la Sagesse congregation settled there in 1886, and Alphonse-Marie Coulon celebrated mass in a chapel, but the anticlerical authorities expelled him. He was allowed to return in 1889 after proving his French descent. After various legal difficulties, construction of a church began in 1895 and was consecrated in 1897.
The square in front of the church now bears the name of Alphonse-Marie Coulon.
The sisters of the Filles de la Sagesse congregation settled there in 1886, and Alphonse-Marie Coulon celebrated mass in a chapel, but the anticlerical authorities expelled him. He was allowed to return in 1889 after proving his French descent. After various legal difficulties, construction of a church began in 1895 and was consecrated in 1897.
The square in front of the church now bears the name of Alphonse-Marie Coulon.
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