Basilicas in the Catholic Church
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title:
Basilicas in the Catholic Church
text:
Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense. Basilicas are either major basilicas, of which there are four, all in the Diocese of Rome, or minor basilicas, of which there were 1,810 worldwide as of 2019. Numerous basilicas are notable shrines, often even receiving significant pilgrimages, esp
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description:
Ceremonial designation of church buildings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilicas_in_the_Catholic_Church
date created:
2020-05-09T05:59:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T09:47:50Z
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