Added on Aug 16, 2009

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St Philomena's church : St Philomena's church Mysore is one of the highest Gothic churches (55 m) in India. The church was designed by Dally, a French similar to Germany's Cologne cathedral. The church can accommodate 800 people and having stained glass windows depicting scenes from the birth of Christ, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ. There is also an underground tomb. Saint Philomena is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is said to have been a young Greek princess martyred in the 4th century. The remains of a teenage girl no older than 14 were discovered on May 24, 1802 in the Catacombs of Saint Priscilla at the Via Salaria in Rome.

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