Notre Dame (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
- Notre Dame (Our Lady) is a French title for the Blessed Virgin MaryBlessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)Roman Catholic veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary is based on Holy Scripture: In the fullness of time, God sent his son, born of a virgin. The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God through Mary thus signifies her honour as Mother of God...
. - The most famous church with this name is Notre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
. - In the United States, it often refers to the University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and their football teamNotre Dame Fighting Irish footballNotre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
. - Notre Dame Educational AssociationNotre Dame Educational AssociationNotre Dame Educational Association, Inc. is a network of Notre Dame Schools in the Philippines, under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, owned and administered by:-History:...
, a network of Notre Dame Schools in the Philippines
It may also refer to:
Canada
- Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
- Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa
- Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)-History:In 1657, the Roman Catholic Sulpician Order arrived in Ville-Marie, now known as Montreal. The parish they founded was dedicated to Mary, and the parish church of Notre-Dame was built between 1672 and 1682...
- Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelNotre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours ChapelThe Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel.St...
, Montreal - Notre-Dame de Québec CathedralNotre-Dame de Québec CathedralThe Cathedral-minor basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec , located at 20, rue de Buade, Quebec City, Quebec, is the primate church of Canada and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec, the oldest see in the New World north of Mexico.It is also the parish church of the oldest parish in North...
, Quebec City
France
- Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de BayeuxCathédrale Notre-Dame de BayeuxBayeux Cathedral is a Norman-Romanesque cathedral, located in the town of Bayeux. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux. It was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry and is a national monument of France....
, Bayeux Cathedral - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Chartres Cathedral
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen Cathedral
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cathedral
- Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, MelunCollegiate Church of Notre-Dame, MelunThe Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame is a church in the French town of Melun, on rue de la Courtille on the île Saint-Etienne. Formerly a collegiate church, it was founded between 1016 and 1031 by Robert II of France. Until around 1775 it housed the 1450 Melun Diptych and in 1840 it was made a...
- Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption, MetzÉglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption, MetzNotre-Dame de l'Assomption is a church situated on the Rue de la Chevre, formerly the Rue de la Cheuve, in the city of Metz in Lorraine, France. Administratively it is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz.-Architecture and Artworks:...
- Église Notre-Dame la Grande, PoitiersÉglise Notre-Dame la Grande, PoitiersNotre-Dame la Grande is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. Having a double status, collegial and parochial, it forms part of the Catholic diocese of Poitiers. The west front adorned with statuary is recognised as a masterpiece of Romanesque religious art...
- Notre-Dame de la GardeNotre-Dame de la GardeNotre-Dame de la Garde is a basilica located in Marseille, France. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in Marseille, a 162 m limestone outcrop on the south side of the Old Port. As well as being a major local landmark, it is the site of a popular annual...
, Marseille - Notre-Dame de NiceNotre-Dame de NiceThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice is a Roman Catholic Neo-Gothic basilica situated on the Avenue Jean-Médecin in the centre of Nice, in France....
- Notre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
- Notre-Dame de Reims, Reims Cathedral
- Notre Dame des Cyclistes, Labastide-d'Armagnac
- Notre Dame du HautNotre Dame du HautInformally known as "Ronchamp", the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp , completed in 1954, is one of the finest examples of the architecture of Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier and one of the most important examples of twentieth-century religious architecture.-History:Notre Dame du Haut...
, Ronchamp
Haiti
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince
United States
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, Indiana
- Church of Notre Dame (New York City)Church of Notre Dame (New York City)The Church of Notre Dame in New York City is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church is located at 40 Morningside Drive and the rectory at 405 West 114th Street in Manhattan, New York City.-History:...
Newfoundland
- Notre Dame BayNotre Dame BayNotre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name....
, large bay near the mouth of the Exploits River in northern Newfoundland
Quebec
- Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, QuebecNotre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, QuebecBuckland is a small village of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to the village as simply...
, Chaudière-Appalaches - Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Bonsecours is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located along the Ottawa River, about east of Gatineau. It is the least populated municipality in the Papineau Regional County Municipality....
, Outaouais - Notre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-GrâceNotre-Dame-de-Grâce , also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal located in the city's west-end. It is one of five districts of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
, neighbourhood in Montreal - Notre-Dame-de-Ham, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Ham, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Ham, Quebec is an municipality in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Route 161 goes through it.-Sources:*...
, Centre-du-Québec - Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Merci, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Merci is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 1056 * Population in 2001: 811...
, Lanaudière - Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Paix, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Paix is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality.-History:...
, Outaouais - Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-la-Salette is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, straddling the eastern banks of the Du Lièvre River.-History:...
, Outaouais - Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot is the largest of four municipalities located on Île Perrot, west of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 9,885.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
, Montérégie - Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lorette, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lorette is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the regional county municipality of Maria-Chapdelaine...
, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean - Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Centre-du-Québec, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Centre-du-Québec, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a parish municipality in Quebec....
, Centre-du-Québec - Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lanaudière, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lanaudière, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River.-Demographics:Population:...
, Lanaudière - Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Montauban, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Montauban is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.It includes the population centres of Notre-Dame-de-Montauban and Montauban-les-Mines...
, Mauricie - Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Pontmain, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Pontmain is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.The village itself is located between Camp and Dudley Lakes in the Du Lièvre River watershed.-History:...
, Laurentides - Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-Stanbridge is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 728.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
, Montérégie - Notre-Dame-des-Anges, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Anges, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Anges is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, home of the General Hospital of Quebec.Enclaved within the territory of Quebec City, this unusual municipality, lacking any governmental structure, has a population of 437 and measures only 6 hectares in area, making it the smallest...
, Capitale-Nationale - Notre-Dame-des-Bois, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Bois, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Bois is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 965 as of 2006. Located in the Appalachians, it lies at 555 metres in altitude, making it one of the highest towns in Quebec. Mont-Mégantic National Park is located in...
, Estrie - Notre-Dame-des-Monts, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Monts, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Monts is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 764 * Population in 2001: 831* Population in 1996: 913...
, Capitale-Nationale - Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Neiges, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Neiges is a municipality in Quebec....
, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Notre-Dame-des-Pins, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Pins, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Pins is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,073 as of 2009....
, Chaudière-Appalaches - Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Prairies, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Prairies is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is a suburb of Joliette, located along the eastern shores of the L'Assomption River.-History:...
, Lanaudière - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, QuebecNotre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs is an island municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality...
, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Notre-Dame-du-Lac, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Lac, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Lac is a former city in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata in the province of Québec, Canada, located in the administrative region du Bas-Saint-Laurent. On 5 May 2010, the cities of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac combined to form a new city named Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac...
, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Notre-Dame-du-Laus, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Laus, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Laus is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.The municipality is characterized by hilly forests with a great number of lakes, rivers, and creeks. The eastern portion of its territory is part of the...
, Laurentides - Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.-List of Mayors:The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Officially, mayoral elections in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel are on a non-partisan basis...
, Mauricie - Notre-Dame-du-Nord, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Nord, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Nord is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the northern end of Lake Timiskaming where the Ottawa River enters into this lake....
, Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Notre-Dame-du-Portage, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Portage, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Portage is a village in the Canadian Province of Quebec located at the edge of the Saint Lawrence River in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region...
, Bas-Saint-Laurent - Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Rosaire, QuebecNotre-Dame-du-Rosaire is a small village of 400 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 20km south of Montmagny on Route 283....
, Chaudière-Appalaches - Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches
- Notre Dame MountainsNotre Dame MountainsThe Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains of Vermont....
, part of the Appalachian Mountains - Notre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame StreetNotre-Dame Street is a historic east-west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from the eastern tip of the island to Lachine . In French, it is known as rue Notre-Dame....
, Montreal
Higher education institutions
Australia
- Notre Dame College, SheppartonNotre Dame College, SheppartonNotre Dame College is a co-educational secondary school of the Roman Catholic faith in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. It is located on Knight Street, Shepparton...
, Victoria - University of Notre Dame AustraliaUniversity of Notre Dame AustraliaThe University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Roman Catholic university established in 1989 in the Western Australian port city of Fremantle, . While the University of Notre Dame Australia has "strong collegial links" with the American University of Notre Dame located in Notre Dame, Indiana,...
, Fremantle, Western Australia, and Sydney, New South Wales
Philippines
- Notre Dame Educational AssociationNotre Dame Educational AssociationNotre Dame Educational Association, Inc. is a network of Notre Dame Schools in the Philippines, under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, owned and administered by:-History:...
- Notre Dame of Dadiangas UniversityNotre Dame of Dadiangas UniversityThe Notre Dame of Dadiangas University is a school in General Santos City. It is a Catholic institution run by the Marist Brothers or FMS . It offers undergraduate and graduate courses as well as pre-elementary and basic education. Further, it offers a broad spectrum of academic programs through...
- Notre Dame of Greater ManilaNotre Dame of Greater ManilaThe Notre Dame of Greater Manila is a private Catholic high school located in Caloocan City. It was originally founded as an all-male school in 1963 by Rev. Fr. William P. Mc Grath, OMI of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate at the request of the Archdiocese of Manila under Archbishop Michael J....
, Caloocan City - Notre Dame of Marbel UniversityNotre Dame of Marbel UniversityNotre Dame of Marbel University is a Catholic educational institution located in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, the Philippines. It is run by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious order from France. It offers pre-school, elementary, high school, college and postgraduate courses...
, Koronadal (Marbel) City
United States
- College of Notre Dame of MarylandCollege of Notre Dame of MarylandNotre Dame of Maryland University is an independent, Catholic-affiliated, liberal arts college located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, that primarily serves female students.-History:...
, Baltimore, Maryland - Notre Dame CollegeNotre Dame CollegeNotre Dame College, also known as Notre Dame College of Ohio or simply NDC, is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in South Euclid, Ohio, USA. Established in 1922 as a women's college it has been coeducational since January 2001...
, South Euclid, Ohio - Notre Dame College (New Hampshire)Notre Dame College (New Hampshire)Notre Dame College was a Roman Catholic college located in Manchester, New Hampshire and affiliated with the Sisters of Holy Cross of Montreal, Canada...
, Manchester, New Hampshire (historical) - Notre Dame College (New York)Notre Dame College (New York)Notre Dame College was a small Catholic women's college located in the Grymes Hill area of Staten Island, New York. It opened in 1933 and merged with St. John's University in 1971....
, former women's college in Staten Island, New York - Notre Dame de Namur UniversityNotre Dame de Namur UniversityNotre Dame de Namur University — formerly the College of Notre Dame — is a private, Catholic University located in Belmont, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Notre Dame de Namur University is an accredited university in San Mateo County, and the fifth-oldest university in California...
, Belmont, California - University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, Notre Dame, Indiana
Music
- Notre Dame (band)Notre Dame (band)Notre Dame was a Swedish metal band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. Members included Snowy Shaw and Vampirella and Jean-Pierre de Sade and Mannequin de Sade two brothers who claimed to be descendants of legendary revolutionary writer Marquis de Sade.The band mixed black metal with elements...
, former Swedish metal band - Notre Dame (opera)Notre Dame (opera)Notre Dame is a romantic opera by Franz Schmidt, to a libretto by himself and Leopold Wilk , a professional chemist and amateur poet. It is based loosely on the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo....
, romantic opera by Franz Schmidt - Notre Dame schoolNotre Dame schoolThe group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250, along with the music they produced, is referred to as the Notre Dame school, or the Notre Dame School of Polyphony....
of Polyphony, a group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1170 to 1250
Religious orders
Various orders of Roman Catholic nuns are named Notre Dame. They include:- School Sisters of Notre DameSchool Sisters of Notre DameSchool Sisters of Notre Dame is a worldwide order of Roman Catholic nuns devoted to primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Their life in mission centers on prayer, community life and ministry...
- Sisters of Notre Dame de NamurSisters of Notre Dame de NamurThe Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is the name of a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters, dedicated to providing education to the poor.The order was founded in Amiens in 1803, but the opposition of the local bishop to missions outside his diocese led to the moving of headquarters to then...
See also
- Notre Dame de Lourdes (disambiguation)
- Occurrence of Religious Symbolism in U.S. Sports Team Names and MascotsOccurrence of Religious Symbolism in U.S. Sports Team Names and MascotsThe following is a list of American sports team names and mascots that draw upon religious symbolism. Given the prevalence of Christian groups and institutions in the United States, the vast majority of these symbols, though basically generic, can be assumed to come from Christian sources...
- Our Lady (disambiguation)