According to Rev. Fr. Antonainus's book of The Chronicle of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Madhu, St James Church is over 400 years old. The Franciscan historian Friar Paulo da Trinidade (1571-1651) stated that Franciscan monks build St James Church before 1594.
Catholic Sri Lankans settled in Vidattaltivu from Jaffna, Navaali, and Allaipitti, and the church was built to accommodate them.
From 1948 St James Church was run under Iranaitheevu parish. The priests traveled by boat from Iranaitheevu by boat to perform mass and other duties at St. James. Then the church was moved under the Adampan parish. Now it is Vidathaltheevu parish.
Trinidade,Conquesta Spiritual Do Oriente. (Translated by Rt.Rev. Edmund Peiris, OMI), 1972.
The Chronicle of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Madhu (up to 1950) with the Life and Labours of the Missionaries Connected with it by. A.J.B.Antaninus
Christianity in Sri Lanka under Portuguese By. Martin Quere. O.M.I
January 01, 1970
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