Columbarium niches built into the side of St. Joseph's Chapel Mausoleum at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West (rural Dubuque), Iowa.

A columbarium (plural columbariums or columbaria) is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (i.e. urns holding a deceased’s cremated remains). The term comes from the Latin columba (dove) and originally referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons, an example of which dating back to 1600 can be seen at Compton Martin ^[1]. Image File history File linksMetadata Stjosephscolumbarium. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Stjosephscolumbarium. ... St. ... Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. ... Key West, Iowa is a small unincorporated village located south of Dubuque, Iowa. ... Downtown Dubuque and the Riverfront Dubuque is a city located in Dubuque County, Iowa. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... It has been suggested that History of the Latin language be merged into this article or section. ... Compton Martin(Grid reference ST545570) is a small village within the Chew Valley in Somerset and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary authority in England. ...

The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a particularly fine ancient Roman example, on the Via Appia, rich in frescoes, decorations and precious mosaics. Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, Italy The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) is a famous road built by the Romans. ...

Columbaria are often closely similar in form to traditional Buddhist temples which from ancient times have housed cremated ashes.

Columbariums can be either free standing units, or part of a mausoleum or another building. Some manufacturers do produce columbariums that are built entirely off-site and brought to the cemetery by a large truck. St. ...

In some cases, columbariums are built into church structures. One example is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles, California), which houses a number of columbarium niches in the mausoleum built into the lower levels of the Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is the motherchurch of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. ...

Columbarium niches built into the side of a larger building. Photo from the Everest Columbarium web site.

The construction of columbariums within churches is particularly widespread in the Czechoslovak Hussite Church: an example can be seen at the Church of St Nicolas in Old Town Square (Prague). Image File history File links Columbarium. ... Image File history File links Columbarium. ... The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Czech: Církev československá husitská CCH) is a Christian Church which separated from Roman Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. ... old town This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

In the Roman Catholic Church, although traditional burial is still preferred, cremation is officially permitted and the Church has become more and more open to the practice. However, cremated remains must be buried or entombed. As a result, columbariums can often be found within Catholic cemeteries. Catholic officials do tend to discourage the practice of building columbariums within church structures, due to concern over what would happen to the remains if the building were remodeled, replaced, or sold. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholicism. ... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ...

Interior of Ballybeg columbarium, Buttevant, Ireland

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See also

• Ballybeg columbarium, Cork, Ireland

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References

• ↑  John McCann, Mark McDermott and Frank Pexton A COLUMBARIUM AT COMPTON MARTIN CHURCH, Vol 143 - 1999 Part of the SOMERSET Archaeological and Natural History Society proceedings