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 the Franks the habit to refer to "Francia Occidentalis" as "Francia" only, from which the word France is derived. The French state has been in continuous existence since 843 (except for a brief interruption in 885-887), with an unbroken line of heads of states since the first king of "Francia Occidentalis" (Charles the Bald) to the current president of the French Republic. Noticeably, in German, France is still called "Frankreich", which literally means ""Reich" (empire) of the Franks". In order to distinguish it from the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne, France is called "Frankreich", while the Frankish Empire is called "Frankenreich". In most