The "Old Parish Prison"

ID: 5840 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1982.170. ~ Date: 1895

This file appears in: The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

Marie Laveau visited ministered to prisoners at the Old Parish Prison.

This file appears in: The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Marie Laveau was a devout Catholic throughout her life. Explore Laveau’s connections to the St. Louis Cathedral and Vodou’s relationship to the Catholic Church.