Mount Olivet Cemetery (Newark)

Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Location
Mount Olivet Ave, Newark, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°41′24″N 74°11′49″W / 40.690°N 74.197°W / 40.690; -74.197
No. of graves17,000+
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveMount Olivet Cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in the Dayton section of Newark in the U.S. state of New Jersey founded in 1871.[1] It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Mount Olivet, or Mount of Olives, (Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور, Jabal al-Zaytun, Al-Tur) is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.[2]

The Newark City Cemetery is located nearby.

Notable burials

References

  1. ^ "Newark Cemeteries". newarkcemeteries.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ Har-El, Menashe (1977). This is Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House. p. 117.
  3. ^ John Thomas Dunn, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Charles P. Gillen, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 23, 2007.