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St. Andrew's, the oldest Catholic parish in Pasadena
Pasadena, California
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The parish was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldest in Los Angeles County. The church standing today was finished in 1927, its interior modelled on the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome and its front on Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The Romanesque campanile is visible for miles across the valley.
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