Venerable Augustus Tolton/Footprints
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 Footprints for Venerable Augustus Tolton are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields
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Footprints
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- St. Peter's Church (Quincy) – early priesthood & memorial (Early priesthood) [Public] Parish – 2600 Maine Street, Quincy, IL 62301, Quincy, Illinois, United States
- Year: 1886
- Diocese: Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
- Quincy ministry of Fr. Augustus Tolton, first recognized African American Catholic priest in the United States. Parish hosts a Fr. Tolton Memorial Wall with granite plaques — primary western-Illinois walk-up stop before the cemetery grave.
- Sources: https://www.stpeterquincy.com/church/about/fr-tolton-memorial-wall/; https://tolton.archchicago.org/
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Chicago) – Black Catholic ministry legacy (Chicago ministry) [Public] Parish – 50 East 41st Street, Chicago, IL 60653, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Year: 1889
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago
- Chicago South Side parish landscape in the tradition of Tolton’s St. Monica Black Catholic ministry and later African American Catholic life. Public parish stop for the Chicago segment of his trail; building/merger history is complex — confirm on-site memorial interpretation.
- Sources: https://tolton.archchicago.org/
- St. Peter's Cemetery (Quincy) – grave of Fr. Augustus Tolton (Death & burial) [Public] Cemetery – 3300 Broadway Street, Quincy, IL 62301, Quincy, Illinois, United States
- Year: 1897
- Diocese: Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
- Tolton was buried in the priests’ lot at St. Peter’s Cemetery after his 1897 funeral in Quincy. Quiet public cemetery pilgrimage pin for prayer at his grave — pair with St. Peter Church memorial wall across town.
- Sources: https://tolton.archchicago.org/; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7374321/augustus-tolton; https://seequincy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/tolton-guide_2022_small-file.pdf
- Brush Creek / Ralls County Missouri – birth & slavery-era roots (Childhood) [Limited] Outdoor – Brush Creek area, Ralls County, Missouri, Brush Creek, Missouri, United States
- Year: 1854
- Diocese: Diocese of Jefferson City
- Birth region of Augustus Tolton (enslaved childhood) before the family’s escape to Illinois. Limited rural historic landscape — interpretive rather than a single open shrine; Quincy remains the stronger public pilgrimage day.
- Sources: https://tolton.archchicago.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Tolton
- Pontifical Urban University / Propaganda Fide seminary association (Rome) (Seminary formation) [Limited] School – Via Urbano VIII area / Urbaniana association, Rome, Italy, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Year: 1886
- Diocese: Diocese of Rome
- Rome seminary landscape where Augustus Tolton completed studies and was ordained (1886) after US seminaries refused him. Limited campus — Quincy and Chicago remain US public hubs.
- Sources: https://tolton.archchicago.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Tolton
- St. Monica Church historic site association (Chicago South Side) (Chicago ministry) [Limited] Parish – South Side historic St. Monica parish area, Chicago, IL, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Year: 1891
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago
- National parish for Black Catholics that Tolton founded/led in Chicago. Building history is complex (mergers/successors) — Limited historic pin; St. Elizabeth remains the clearer public parish stop.
- Sources: https://tolton.archchicago.org/