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Calvary Cemetery (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Saint Paul, Minnesota, established in 1856.

History

The first Catholic cemetery in St. Paul was next to the log Chapel of Saint Paul. Prior to 1849, eleven people had been buried in it. In 1853, it was abandoned when a new cemetery was built at Marshall and Western streets, the current location of Saint Joseph's Academy. However, with the city still expanding quickly, forty acres of land were purchased for $4,000 in 1856. Bodies were moved to the new location from the Marshall location on November 2, 1856 (All Souls Day) in a solemn procession to the new location, called Calvary cemetery. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Minnesota.

Some 50,000 burials were recorded from 1856 to 1930. There are currently more than 103,000 internments.

The cemetery is currently around 100 acres in size.

Notable interments

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