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List
of Basilicas - Churches in Italy
by
Diocese
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St
Peter's Basilica
Sistine
Chapel
is the best-known chapel
in the Apostolic Palace,
the official residence of the Pope
in Vatican City,
It is famous for its architecture, evocative of Solomon's
Temple of the Old
Testament, and its decoration which has been frescoed
throughout by the greatest Renaissance
artists including Michelangelo,
Raphael Bernini and Sandro Botticelli
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni
(1475 – 1564)
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The
Pope
The pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father" from Greek πάππας,
pappas) is the Bishop of Rome and as such, is leader of the
worldwide Catholic Church
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List of Popes
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Basilicas
and Papal Chapels
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St.
Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint
Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri),
officially known in Italian as the Basilica
Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's
Basilica, is located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the
largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000
people.
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Saint
Peter's Tomb
Tradition and some historical evidence hold that it is directly below the
altar
of the basilica.
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Saint
Peter's Square
(Italian:
Piazza San Pietro) is located
directly in front of St.
Peter's Basilica in Vatican
City, the papal enclave
within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).
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Saint John Lantern Basilica
The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Italian: Arcibasilica
Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the cathedral of the Church of
Rome, and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the
Pope.
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Saint Paul's Basilica
Outside the Walls
commonly known as
St Paul-without-the-Walls, is one of four
churches that are the great ancient
major
basilicas
or papal
basilicas of Rome.
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Papal Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore
The Patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary Major reigns as an authentic jewel in
the crown of Roman churches. Its beautiful treasures are of inestimable
value, and represent the Church's role as the cradle of Christian artistic
civilization in Rome.
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