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	The Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee Wisconsin
		From that time he had decorated several large churches, among them the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Victory at Lackawanna, N.Y. (This church was the second church elevated to the rank of "minor basilica" in the United States.
		When Cardinal Lauri returned to Rome from Poland in 1927, he prevailed upon his cousin that the "Miracle of the Vistula" be included among the paintings in the sanctuary of the Basilica.
		On the opposite side of the sanctuary is a panel containing the figures of St. Hedwig, Patroness of Poland, and selected Polish Saints: St. James, St. Hyacinth, Bl.
	www.thebasilica.org /basilica/art_history.asp (1727 words)

	List of basilicas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maria Taferl Basilica in Maria Taferl ( 1947)
		Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, Maryland
		Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_basilicas (929 words)

	Cathedrals, Shrines and Basilicas
		Basilica, cathedral, and shrine are distinct terms, but not mutually exclusive, for instance, a basilica may be a shrine, and a cathedral may be a basilica.
		Other traditional basilica items are the clochetta (a musical kind of device composed of a handle, a bell, and the insignia of the basilica, and used in procession) and the cappa magna (a violet cape worn by the canons (basilica officials) during liturgical services).
		An example of a minor basilica is the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington or the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0562.html (855 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Donatello
		Facade of Basilica di Santa Croce, The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
		Facade of Santa Maria in Aracoeli with the monumental ladder The basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli is on the Campidoglio, in Rome.
		He died in Florence in 1466, and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, next to Cosimo the Elder.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Donatello (3587 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarotti
		In 1513 Pope Julius II died and his successor Pope Leo X, a Medici, commissioned Michelangelo to reconstruct the façade of the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence and to adorn it with sculptures.
		The three years he spent in creating drawings and models for the facade, as well as attempting to open a new marble quarry at Pietrasanta specifically for the project, were among the most frustrating in his career, as work was abruptly cancelled by his financially-strapped patrons before any real progress had been made.
		The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the city’s main market district.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Michelangelo_Buonarotti (5992 words)

	:: St George's Basilica - Gozo, Malta :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The agony reflected on the darkening face of Lucifer is in sharp contrast with the determined look on Michael’s face.
		St George’s basilica, being the central place of worship in Gozo, treasures a long-standing tradition of cult and devotion towards the angelic protector of the new people of God.
		The basilica, decked in festa array, hosts catechists and children who attend centres where solid Christian formation is imparted, for a special concelebrated mass led by the Archpriest Mgr Joseph Farrugia, during which the mandate for the teaching of Christian doctrine is renewed.
	www.stgeorge.org.mt /news_details.asp?NewsID=309 (443 words)

	Basilica di San Marco Venice
		Just inside, the intricately patterned stonework of the narthex floor is mostly eleventhand twelfth-century, while the majority of the mosaics on the domes and arches constitute a series of Old Testament scenes dating from the thirteenth century.
		Three doges and one dogaressa have tombs in the narthex.That of Vitale Falier, the doge who consecrated the Basilica in 1094, is the oldest funerary monument in Venice — it’s at the base of the first arch.
		On the right of the main door from the narthex into the body of the church is a steep staircase up to the Museo Marciano and the Loggia dei Cavalli (daily: summer 9.45am—5pm; winter 9.30am—4pm; e1.50), home of the fabled horses.
	www.hotel-venice.net /venice/piazza-san-marco/basilica-di-san-marco (661 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix
		When this noble basilica had been destroyed by the infidels, Arculfus, in the seventh century, enumerated four buildings upon the Holy Places around Golgotha, and one of them was the "Church of the Invention" or "of the Finding".
		In objects of liturgical use we meet it on Biblical codices, on vestments, pallia, on leaden thongs inscribed with exorcising formulæs and it was signed on the foreheads of catechumens and candidates for confirmation.
		The architectural details of churches and basilicas were ornamented with crosses; the façades, the marble slabs, the transoms, the pillars, the capitals, the keystones of arches, the altar-tables, the bishops' thrones, the diptychs, and the bells were also ornamented in the same way.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04517a.htm (13385 words)

	St. Peter's - Guide to Basilica & Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In this basilica, Peter's tomb, closed on three sides, was open toward the East and the faithful could see it until the time of Pope Gregory the Great (590-604), when the pavement was raised and an altar built over the tomb, over which another was later built by Callistus II (1119-1124).
		However, the splendid basilica was repeatedly sacked during barbarian invasions, and during the period of the popes' exile in Avignon it fell into disrepair.
		Between the Charlemagne Wing and the basilica's façade is the Campane Arch, one of the entrances to the Vatican.
	www.stpetersbasilica.org /Docs/Basilica-Square1.htm (3146 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gethsemani
		Gethsemani (Hebrew gat, press, and semen, oil) is the place in which Jesus Christ suffered the Agony and was taken prisoner by the Jews.
		In the Church of the Agony the stone was preserved on which, according to tradition, Jesus knelt during His Agony.
		In the fourteenth century the pilgrims, led astray by the presence of the stone and the inscription, mistakenly called this sanctuary the Grotto of the Agony.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06540a.htm (1147 words)

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		The Church of All Nations ('The Basilica of the Agony") is situated at the foot of the Mount of Olives, the site of a Jewish cemetery in use since ancient times.
		The church was built in the early 1920s on the remains of a 5th century Byzantine structure and a later Crusader church.
		The Rock of the agony where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus knelt to pray, is the central feature of the basilica.
	alpha.furman.edu /~mcknight/jer20.htm (144 words)

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		Located at the foot of the Mount of Olives, in the idyllic setting of Gethsemane, one of the most evocative sights in all Jerusalem rises this church, built by the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi between 1919 and 1924.
		The church, known also as the Basilica of the Agony, in reference to the night that Christ spent there on the eve of his Passion, blends the architectural lines typical of the Christian basilica (the facade) with the salient features of Islamic buildings (sides, and roof with numerous small domes).
		The flags of the nations are represented inside the little domes that give the place a distinctly oriental tone.
	www.unc.edu /~svetlana/pages/jer30.htm (131 words)

	Photo Gallery
		The Rock of Agony where Jesus prayed the night before he was arrested is in this church.
		The church is also called the Basilica of the Agony.
		This is the place where Jesus suffered at Golgotha, the place where the cross was reputedly discovered, and the place where Jesus' body was interred for burial - these places were small chapels outside the church.
	www.godsholyspirit.com /hlp/main_pic4.htm (99 words)

	Church of All Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony or the Basilica of the Agony, is located on Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane.
		It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before the night of his arrest.
		The current church rests on the foundations of two earlier ones - a 12th century Crusader chapel abandoned in 1345 and a 4th century Byzantine basilica, destroyed by an earthquake in 746.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_All_Nations (245 words)

	My Trip to the Holy Lands
		In the city of Nazareth is the Basilica of the Annunciation, which dominates the cityscape.
		This church was finished in 1969, the fifth church to stand at the place where the angel Gabriel prophesized to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a child.
		This is from the inside of the Church of all Nations, or also called the Basilica of the Agony.
	www.guyterry.com /hl1.htm (655 words)

	Basilica of the Agony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Basilica of the Agony was destroyed by the Persians in the seventh century, rebuilt a short distance away by the Crusaders.
		Built in Basilica style, the church is divided into three aisles by a series of 10 marble pillars.
		Since modern basilica was built directly over the original Byzantine sanctuary, it was possible to reproduce the fourth-century design by coping parts of the mosaic floor that were discovered during construction.
	www.patg.org /Sites/basilica_of_the_agony.htm (1171 words)

	aeolus-ltd
		The Basilica was erected by the Franciscan Fathers in 1921/3 over the remains of Crusader and Byzantine Churches.
		This Basilica was built in 1924 on Byzantine and Crusader remains.
		Inside the Basilica are the Rock of Agony and the original sight of the Gethsemane, the Grotto.
	aeolus-ltd.com /web/holyland/Places.html (1205 words)

	Jerusalem- The Basilica of the Agony -Church of All Nations-
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	www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/3/Jerusalem-%20The%20Basilica%20of%20the%20Agony%20-Church%20of%20Al (375 words)

	Gethsemane: The new Basilica of the Agony
		To bring to mind the night-time of the Agony, and to evoke reverence for it, he left the interior in semi-darkness by using violet-colored glass everywhere.
		Besides the mosaics in the ceiling, the basilica is adorned with three large mosaics in the apses.
		Two silver doves are depicted as caught in agony in the snares of the brambles.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/san/GET08new.html (1066 words)

	Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony) - Jerusalem, Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Church of All Nations, officially named the Basilica of the Agony, is located at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem next to the Garden of Gethsemane.
		The Basilica of the Agony was built from 1919 to 1924 using funds from 12 different countries, which gave it its common name, Church of All Nations.
		Basilica of the Agony of the Lord - WGuides
	www.sacred-destinations.com /israel/jerusalem-church-of-all-nations.htm (678 words)

	St Peter's - Saint Peter's by James Lees-Milne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Most historians were of the opinion that the south wall of Constantine's basilica had been built on the foundations of the northern boundary of the circus.
		In order to get the centre of the apse of his basilica over what he believed to be the grave he was obliged to cut deeply into the rock of the Vatican Hill which rose in a northerly direction.
		Whereas Maxentius's basilica had elaborate coffered vaults carried on stout piers in the classical manner admired and followed by the Renaissance, the Christian basilica was roofed in a simple wooden construction which was to be widely imitated by early church builders in Italy.
	www.stpetersbasilica.org /Docs/JLM/SaintPeters-3.htm (6644 words)

	A/AC.25/Com.Jer/W.14 of 8 April 1949 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The basilica was again restored and enlarged in the 6th Century by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Commenus; the mosaics date from this period.
		The basilica was destroyed by Moslems and Jews in 966; rebuilt by the Crusaders in the 12th Century; and destroyed once again by the Sultan of Damascus in 1219, on which occasion the Cenacle itself escaped destruction.
		The basilica was destroyed during the Samaritan revolt against the Byzantine Empire in the Sixth Century and was replaced by another church a little to the north.
	domino.un.org /UNISPAL.NSF/561c6ee353d740fb8525607d00581829/fd455e412ace30ad0525668e006ef702!OpenDocument (9639 words)

	:: St George's Basilica - Gozo, Malta ::
		As tradition has it, the passing away of the Holy Father was marked by 11 rhythmic tolls of the biggest one of the historic bells of Gozo for 11 times.
		Meanwhile, basilica archpriest Mgr Joseph Farrugia gave the news to the congregation that was gathered in the basilica and had fallen into anguished silence.
		St George’s basilica possesses a treasured “zucchetto” of John Paul II, personally signed and donated to be kept in the new chapel that is dedicated to Christ in the mystery of the Crucifix, the Eucharist and the Divine Mercy.
	www.stgeorge.org.mt /news_details.asp?NewsID=80 (362 words)

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		Basilica Sainte Marie Madeleine where the head of St. Mary Magdalene is. One hour down the hill from the Benedictine convent where we stayed, the Hotellerie.
		One hour up the mountain from the basilica in Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume, is the 140 room hotellerie (guest hotel) run by Benedictine sisters from Paris.
		Monmartre is where the basilica of the Sacred Heart is in Paris.
	www.medj1.com /fatima.htm (741 words)

	Gethsemane: The new Basilica of the Agony
		To bring to mind the night-time of the Agony, and to evoke reverence for it, he left the interior in semi-darkness by using violet-colored glass everywhere.
		Besides the mosaics in the ceiling, the basilica is adorned with three large mosaics in the apses.
		Two silver doves are depicted as caught in agony in the snares of the brambles.
	servus.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/san/GET08new.html (1066 words)

	Basilica of St Lawrence, Asheville, NC, Diocese of Charlotte
		The lunette overthe main entrance is in polychrome terra cotta and represents Christ giving Peter the keysand appointing him head of the church.
		The massive stone foundations and the solid brick superstructure give silent testimonyto the architect’s desire to build an edifice that would endure for generations.There are not beams of wood or steel in the entire structure; all walls, floors, ceilingsand pillars are of tile or other masonry materials.
		On the east (left) wall, from the rear are: the MarriageFeast at Cana, Raising to Life the Daughter of Jairus, The Calming of the Wind and Waves,The Agony in the Garden, and the appearance of the Risen Savior to Mary Magdalene.
	www.massintransit.com /nc/stlawrence1-nc/stl3.html (1114 words)

	Novel: Return of the Legends
		They changed quickly and found the door at the south wall of the basilica that led down to the ancient Roman necropolis.
		After a minute she stopped and pulled out her map of the excavations — confusing down here, passageways snaking every which way — and she dropped to her knees at the entrance of the nearest tomb to get oriented.
		The guard crumpled and rolled away in agony, a gusher of blood streaming from his throat.
	www.jdlasica.com /novel/celebrity.html (1725 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Michelangelo
		Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential fresco paintings in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
		Later in life he designed the dome of St Peter's Basilica in the same city and revolutionised classical architecture with his invention of the giant order of pilasters.
		Years later his body was brought back from Rome for interment at the Basilica di Santa Croce, fulfilling the maestro's last request to be buried in his beloved Tuscany.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Michelangelo (3686 words)

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