Sagres Point Sagres Point Sagres Point ("", , from the Latin "Promontorium Sacrum" ‘Holy Promontory’) is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent (), which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe. The vicinity of Sagres Point and Cape St. Vincent has been used for religious purposes since Neolithic times, to which standing menhirs near Vila do Bispo, a few miles from both points, attest. The promontory of Sagres has always been important for sailors because it offers
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) renovations of the church occurred in 1954 and 1968. The Magnificat windows were added in 1954. On July 2, 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau St. Agnes Church in Springfield was named as the new diocese’s cathedral and St. Mary as the co-cathedral. The current rectory was built in 1957. St. Vincent De Paul Church became a part of the Cathedral Parish in 1977. St. Vincent’s Church was named a chapel of ease at that time. The parish hall was added in 1978 and another renovation of the cathedral’s interior occurred in 1985. The steeple was