The Catholic Church of St Catherine in St. Petersburg is the oldest Catholic church in the Russian Federation, and the only church with the title of basilica. It is located on the Nevsky Prospekt and is a part of the Archdiocese of Moscow headed by Msgr. Paolo Pezzi.
The Catholic Church of St. Catherine from Nevsky Prospekt
Interior of St. Catherine's Church
Requiem Mass for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at St. Catherine's Church, St. Petersburg, published in a Russian newspaper, 1914
Following restoration, the right altar was preserved as a monument in the state it was in after years of neglect and deliberate destruction.
Jean Victor Marie Moreau was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became his chief military and political rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the foremost French generals in military history.
Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden
Eugénie Moreau (1781—1821)
Portrait of Jean Victor Marie Moreau