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St Martin Catholic Church was established in 1765 in St Martinville. The present structure was built in 1836 and has an 1883 replica of the Grotto of Lourdes. The left wing of the church is the grave of Emmeline Labiche, thought to be the heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Evangeline." A statue of Evangeline stands in the churchyard.
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