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| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pope Sisinnius |
 | | The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. |
 | | The old basilica is completely bare of decorations and paintings, except some pillars, which still feature frescoes, probably dating to the late 11th century, poorly preserved due to the dampness of the place. |
 | | But Sisinnius and his three men (whose names, we learn from the text, are Albertel, Cosmari and Carvoncelle) use the language of the common people, an archaic ancestor of today's roman dialect, commonly spoken in those days but never used for writing. |
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