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St. Paul's Church

st-paul-chruch-malaccaBuilt by a Portuguese Captain by the name of Duarte Coelho, the chapel was turned by the Dutch into a burial ground for their noble dead and renamed it 'St. Paul's Church' from the the Portuguese's 'Our Lady Of The Hill'.

St. Francis Xavier was briefly enshrined in the open grave in year 1553 before being shipped to Goa, India.

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