Coja Peter Uscan Church



      The  Churchyard of St.Matthias Church,  Vepery.  This  church was built  around  1730s by the  Armenian  merchant Coja Petrus  Uscan from his personal income  and dedicated to Catholic community.  After his death in 1751 it was purchased  by SPCK the  Danish  Mission and convertedo into  a Protestant church.  The  church was extensively renovated  in 1823 with  John  Law as architect. Lady Munro  took active interest in the  renovation.  The body of Uscan along with  J.P.Fabricius the  German missionary and great Tamil scholar who published the first English -Tamil  dictionary  in 1779 and Rottler in whose name a road is there in the  neighbourhood are interred in this churchyard.

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William Satish said…
The picture of the triangle stone was taken by me with a watermark, you didn't even ask permission but posted on your blog. Please pull it down.
12:26 AM
William Satish said…
Infringement on copyright of my pictures, please remove it. You can't just taken pictures which are copy written.
9:59 PM
P.B.MANI said…
Removed. Sorry for the inconvenience
11:44 AM
P.B.MANI said…
Removed. Sorry for the inconvenience
11:44 AM
William Satish said…
Thank you and I appreciate it👍🏾
10:22 AM
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