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	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura — also known in English as the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — is one of five churches considered to be the great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy.
		Of the ancient basilica there remain only the interior portion of the apse with the triumphal arch and the mosaics of the latter; the mosaics of the apse and the tabernacle of the confession of Arnolfo di Cambio belong to the 13th century.
		In consequence of this Pope John VIII fortified the basilica, the monastery, and the dwellings of the peasantry, forming the town of Joannispolis, which was still remembered in the 13th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Paul_outside_the_Walls (688 words)

	Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Early Christian purpose-built basilica was the basilica of the bishop, on the model of the semi-public basilicas of the secular power elite, and its growth in size and importance signalled the gradual transfer of civic power into episcopal hands, under way in the 5th century.
		Paul outside the Walls to the Patriarch of Alexandria,
		Lawrence outside the Walls to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Basilica.html (1431 words)

	Paul of Tarsus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul is described in the New Testament as a Hellenized Jew and Roman citizen from Tarsus (in present-day Turkey).
		Related to Paul's interpretation of the resurrection are his concepts of faith, which he explains through his explanation of Abraham (see Paul's letter to the Galatians), and of righteousness and the forgiveness of sins, Augustine of Hippo later elaborated upon this concept in his formulation of original sin.
		Paul believed the advantage of the Jews was their being entrusted with the oracles of heaven, and that the law was upon them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus (5951 words)

	Basilica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The oldest known basilica, the Basilica Porcia, was built in Rome in 184 BC by Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder).
		The Early Christian purpose-built basilica was the cathedral basilica of the bishop, on the model of the semi-public basilicas of the secular power elite, and its growth in size and importance signalled the gradual transfer of civic power into episcopal hands, under way in the 5th century.
		The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, Minnesota was the first basilica in The United States of America.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basilica (1688 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: St. Lawrence outside the Walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Outside Rome, in proscial towns and in Africa and Syria, the Forum was generally built by the intersection of the two main streets, and was surrounded by rticoes, temples and civic monuments.
		The walls of the m lla were taken down, a wall was built outside the columns of the a1 ristyle to form aisles, and the columns of the east and west end tF fre taken down and placed in line with the others, in order to at crease the length of the church.
		The basilica of St Paul, outside the walls, was originally of comratively small dimensions, with its apse at the west end; in D. 386 the church was rebuilt on a plan similar to St Peters, with ye and double aisles, divided by columns carrying arches, transept d apse.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St.-Lawrence-outside-the-Walls (446 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Basilica of Saint Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa.
		Basilica of St Mary The Basilica of Saint Mary was the first basilica established in the United States of America, honored by Pope Pius XI in 1926.
		A basilica should not be confused with an Oratory which refers both to a religious society of secular Roman Catholic priests Oratorians and to one of their churches.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Basilica (4409 words)

	Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The oldest known basilica the Basilica Porcia was built in Rome in 184 by Marcus Porcius Cato "Cato the Elder".
		A Christian basilica of the 4th or century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt with a colonnade or arcade like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor like the cloister that was its descendant.
		The Early Christian purpose-built basilica was the of the bishop on the model of semi-public basilicas of the secular power elite its growth in size and importance signalled gradual transfer of civic power into episcopal under way in the 5th century.
	www.freeglossary.com /Basilica (1459 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Paul-Without-The-Walls
		Of the ancient basilica there remain only the interior portion of the apse with the triumphal arch and the mosaics of the latter; the mosaics of the apse and the tabernacle of the confession of Arnolfo del Cambio belong to the thirteenth century.
		The popes continued their generosity toward the monastery; the basilica was again injured during the Saracen invasions in the ninth century.
		In consequence of this John VIII fortified the basilica, the monastery, and the dwellings of the peasantry, forming the town of Joannispolis, which was still remembered in the thirteenth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13369a.htm (578 words)

	Guide to Saint Peter's Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the Vatican Basilica the transept was, in fact, the martyrium, the structure centered above the martyr's tomb and reserved for liturgical functions, as opposed to the five aisles reserved for the assembly of the faithful.
		The Basilica, demolished by the Renaissance on the pretext that it was in danger of collapse, and precisely on the spot where it rested on the highest substructures, had certainly been damaged, but just as certainly it had been improved.
		On the outside of the almost circular corridor of Gregory, parallel to it and bordering the outside of the wall of Constantine's apse, a new circular corridor was built.
	www.stpetersbasilica.org /Docs/TheMemorial.htm (3450 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As he still continued obstinate, the court proceeded to violent measures: the officers of the household were commanded to prepare the Basilica and the Portian churches...
		Algardi's masterpiece is the large dramatic marble high-relief panel of Pope Leo and Attila (image)(1646–53) for St Peter's Basilica, which reinvigorated the use of marble in reliefs.
		In 1250, with the coming to power of Rukn al-Din Baibars, tolerance of Christianity declined, clergy left the town, and in 1263 the walls of the town were demolished.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/b/basilica.htm (1175 words)

	Society Saint Pius X Communicantes Jan 2001 Holy Year pilgrimage
		After Saint Paul had impregnated Rome with his blood by being beheaded at the place called "aquas salvias", his body was taken up by Lucina, wife of a Roman citizen, who buried it at her home outside the walls of Rome, on the Via Ostiensis, the Roman road leading to Ostia.
		As in the morning at Saint Paul outside the Walls, we recited the rosary, and then listened to a sermon from Bishop Fellay, who stood in front of the papal altar (with the permission of the authorities from the basilica).
		After the beheading of his Pope Saint Sixtus II in 258, he was commanded to hand over to the emperor the riches of the Church, which were in his charge as he was at the head of the deacons of the Holy Roman Church.
	www.sspx.ca /Communicantes/Jan2001/Holy-Year-pilgrimage.htm (2324 words)

	St. Peter and the Vatican, Legacy of the Popes - A Texas Exhibition
		Mosaic Fragment of Saint Peter from the Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside-the-Walls
		Made specifically for the exhibition, Pope John Paul II consented with great enthusiasm that a cast of his hand be taken and put on view as a sign of welcome along with a personal letter.
		Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes is a moving tribute to an exquisite assemblage of art and objects associated with the popes."
	texaslesstraveled.com /stpeter.htm (601 words)

	Saint Peter and the Vatican: Legacy of the Popes
		Removed from the basilica after it was destroyed by a fire in 1823, the portrait is made of glass tesserae on painted mortar and remains unaltered.
		Originally in the portico of the Constantian basilica, the rectangular mosaic depicted a scene from the Gospel of Matthew (14:22-32) where Jesus walks on water in inclement weather to reach the boat of the apostles and to calm Peter's nerves.
		The Reliquary of Pope Saint Pius V is made of gilded silver with a statue of an angel holding a glass receptacle that contains the finger of the pope with his papal ring.
	www.cincinnati.com /freetime/vatican/stories/vatican_photos.html (1775 words)

	Rouillard
		Peter and Paul to the north-east; behind the apse to the west, Saint Stephen the Great whose church, with a 9th century nave and a 12th century doorway, is now part of the Ethiopian College in Vatican City; and to the south-west, Saint Martin of Tours.
		Saint Benedict, in the apse of Saint Peter's, must have rejoiced to see and hear his sons coming from the ends of the earth to take up this evening praise in the year 2000.
		It was at Saint Paul-outside-the-walls - not in the basilica destroyed by a bomb in 1823, but in the sacristy - that Dom Guéranger, who restored the Benedictines to France, made his monastic profession on 26 July 1837, after a novitiate, or rather a retreat of fifteen days.
	www.aimintl.org /anglais/bulletin70/09.htm (1272 words)

	Evergreen Exhibitions - Saint Peter and The Vatican, Legacy of the Popes
		A three-city ’05 -’06 exhibition of Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes, one of the world’s largest collection of Vatican art, documents and historical objects to tour North America, is scheduled for public viewing in Montreal, San Antonio and Milwaukee.
		’Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes’ is a moving tribute to an exquisite assemblage of art and objects associated with our popes." Greenberg added that the exhibit is not solely about religion, but rather a collection of fine and decorative arts that explores the papacy and its influence on world history.
		"Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes" is produced by Evergreen Exhibitions.
	www.clearchannelexhibitions.com /whats_new/vatican2.asp (497 words)

	The Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee Wisconsin
		Basilica architecture was the style of the building.
		Today four Major Basilicas (all in Rome) are special centers of Catholic devotional life: St. Peter's, St. Mary Major, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. John Lateran.
		The Basilica of Saint Josaphat is a Minor Basilica created by Pope Pius XI in 1929 (the third church so honored in the USA).
	www.thebasilica.org /basilica/index.asp (230 words)

	Basilicata on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BASILICA [basilica], large building erected by the Romans for transacting business and disposing of legal matters.
		The oldest known basilica was built in Rome in 184 BC by the elder Cato.
		Probably the most splendid Roman basilica is the one constructed during the reign of Maxentius and finished by Constantine after 313.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/basilica.asp (500 words)

	Global Catholic News - Benedict XVI's Homily at St. Paul Outside the Walls
		In fact, the call on the road to Damascus led Paul precisely to this: to make Christ the center of his life, leaving everything for the sublime knowledge of him and of his ministry of love, committing himself later to proclaim him to all, especially pagans "to the glory of his name" (Romans 1:5).
		In the end, Paul proclaimed Christ with martyrdom, and his blood, together with that of Peter and of witnesses of the Gospel, watered this land and made fruitful the Church of Rome, which presides over the communion of charity (cf.
		Paul Marx, OSB, HLI promotes and defends the sanctity of life and family around the world according to the teachings of the Catholic Church through prayer, service and education.
	www.catholic.net /global_catholic_news/template_news.phtml?news_id=69885 (1480 words)

	Pope John Paul II: Angelus Message of Pope John Paul II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I have a vivid memory of the emotion with which last Tuesday, together with Orthodox Metropolitan Athanasius and Anglican Archbishop George Carey, and other representatives of numerous Churches and ecclesial Communities, we opened the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls during a solemn ecumenical celebration.
		On the day after tomorrow, on the feast of Saint Paul's conversion, the closing of the Week of Prayer for the Unity of Christian will take place in the same Basilica dedicated to him; it will be presided by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.
		The choice of Saint Mary Major as the place for the meetings is significant.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0264al.htm (439 words)

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		The sixth-century "Fresco of Saint Sircius I (384-399)" is mounted on the wall.
		On the gallery walls are 17th century engravings by Alessandro Specchi detailing the building of the basilica.
		For example, the basilica is the largest church in the world, measuring 613 feet from the front door to the back of the apse, and constructed in the shape of a Latin cross.
	www.cincinnati.com /text/entertainment/stories/121903_weekend_txt.html (954 words)

	Muslim American Society
		Italians gathered at St. Paul's Basilica in Rome to mourn the loss of 19 Italians killed in a bomb attack in Nasiriyah, Iraq.
		Inside the basilica, packed with some 4,000 mourners, military pomp combined with religious piety at an emotional ceremony which was watched by millions live on television.
		The congregation clapped and made the sign of the cross as the coffins were borne into and from the basilica by military and Carabinieri pallbearers.
	www.masnet.org /aroundworld.asp?id=684 (752 words)

	History of Stained Glass
		Paule and Max Ingrand, in the Paris Exposition of 1937, showed stained glass panels of an airplane, an ocean liner and a jazz band.
		The two are separated from each other by John Hutton's great sand carved window wall which allows a view of the ruins from the nave and of the whole nave from the grassy ruins through layers of wheel-engraved saints and angels.
		Paul Blomkamp wrote a letter that was printed in Stained Glass in the Fall issue of 1983 in which he described his work in stained glass in South Africa.
	www.sgaaonline.com /stainedglass.htm (17230 words)

	Benedict, the Bear, and the Shell Explanation of the Pope's Name and Symbolism in the Papal Coat of Arms
		He also mentioned Saint Benedict of Norcia (480-547), founder of the Benedictine Order, co-patron of Europe (with Saints Cyril and Methodius), who, the Holy Father explained, "exercised an enormous influence on the spread of Christianity throughout the European continent" and is especially revered in the Holy Father's native Bavaria.
		Saint Benedict, the pope said, "constitutes a fundamental point of reference for the unity of Europe and a powerful call to the irrefutable Christian roots of European culture and civilization.
		First is Saint Augustine's vision of a small child using a shell to pour the sea into a little hole, thus revealing to Augustine the unfathomable magnitude of God and the absurdity of attempting to confine Him.
	www.adoremus.org /0505Benedict_Symbols.html (627 words)

	Benedict XVI and church renewal in Quebec - Interim, June 2005
		Saint Benedict is the patron saint of Europe and of the liturgy.
		The reason for their criticism was the radical and persistent crisis of the church in Quebec, its lack of vocations, very low level of religious practice, the closing of churches and so on.
		Pope John Paul II was very caring and patient with them, to the point that he named a progressivist bishop in Gaspé, Bishop Raymond Dumais, in the 1990s.
	www.theinterim.com /2005/june/gagnon.html (740 words)

	What Was New : 2005 July, August and September. OSB - The Order of Saint Benedict. Third Quarter. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Present during the election was Sister Michaela Hedican OSB, president of the Federation of Saint Benedict.
		The Dutch Congregation, erected in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, consisted of monasteries of the Solesmes Congregation in its Province of The Netherlands.
		The feast honors Saint Benedict as Patriarch of Western Monasticism and as one of the Co-Patrons of Europe.
	www.osb.org /new/0503new.html (2621 words)

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		After seeing St. Peter’s for the first time, Hoang said that when he entered the Basilica he prayed, “Thank you God that I am a Catholic.” The evening was also free and many seminarians simply went to bed early after a long day that began with a very early wake up call.
		Saint Paul’s is the second largest church in Rome and contains Saint Paul’s relics, which are underneath the main altar.
		As I knelt, I imagined the scene of Paul’s death, the soldiers, crowd, the sword, the weather and the strength of Paul.
	www.vocations.org /publications/pilgrimage2003/st_pilgr6.htm (2824 words)

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