Basilica of St. Louis, King of France 19th century. Bishop Joseph Rosati, who ordered the construction of the church, is interred in a vault underneath the sanctuary. Basilica of St. Louis, King of France The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (), formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, was the first cathedral west of the Mississippi River and until 1845 the only parish church in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of two Catholic basilicas in St. Louis, and it is named for King Louis IX of France, also the namesake for the city of St. Louis. The
Name of France This nation is also explicitly mentioned by Julius Caesar in his "Notebooks on the Gallic War" ("Commentarii de Bello Gallico"). The name of the former French currency, the franc, comes from the words engraved on the coins of the Frankish King, "Rex Francorum", meaning "King of the Franks" or "Roi des Francs" in French. In most of the Latin languages, France is known by the word "France" or any of its derivatives, for example "Francia" in Italian and Spanish. In most of the Germanic languages, France is known as the historical "Land of the Franks", for example "Frankreich" (Reich of