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Ads by Google      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. All consignments directed expressly to the administration of the palace are duty-free, and all letters addressed to the pope from Italy require no stamps. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm      The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. All consignments directed expressly to the administration of the palace are duty-free, and all letters addressed to the pope from Italy require no stamps. http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/v/vatican.html   (16437 words)      Vatican. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Gregory XIII and Sixtus V spent huge sums on the Vatican and also began the Quirinal, a palace that served as the papal residence from the 17th to the 19th cent., was the Italian royal palace from 1870 to 1946, and is now the home of the president of Italy. The Vatican is above all the seat of the central government of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican City is a roughly triangular tract of land within Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber River and west of the Castel Sant’Angelo. http://www.bartleby.com/65/va/Vatican.html   (16437 words)      Vatican City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia However, it is the Holy See that is the legal body that conducts diplomatic relations for the Vatican City in addition to the Holy See's usual diplomacy, entering into international agreements and both receives and sends diplomatic representatives. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See and the location of the Apostolic Palace—the Pope's official residence—and the Roman Curia. The Vatican City, one of the European microstates, is situated on the Vatican Hill in the north-western part of Rome, several hundred metres west of the Tiber river, on the latter's right bank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City   (2581 words)      Our Sunday Visitor Newspaper and Magazines By its terms, the Holy See acknowledged Italy and the Italian government recognized the Vatican City as the temporal possession of the popes. Within the gardens are also assorted buildings, fountains and monuments, including the Government Palace, the headquarters of the department that runs the administration of the Vatican City State (the current head is an American, Cardinal Edmund Szoka), with a flower bed at its front in the shape of the reigning pope's coat-of-arms. When Pope Gregory XI finally returned, he found the Lateran Palace in such a state of decay that he opted for the marginally nicer — and more defensible — Vatican palace. http://www.osvbooks.com/periodicals/show-article.asp?pid=534   (1587 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. All consignments directed expressly to the administration of the palace are duty-free, and all letters addressed to the pope from Italy require no stamps. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm   (16595 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. All consignments directed expressly to the administration of the palace are duty-free, and all letters addressed to the pope from Italy require no stamps. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm   (16595 words)      Donation of Constantine Only in 1929 did the Vatican formally relinquish their temporal claims in the Lateran Treaty, wherein they were granted sovereignty over 44 hectares (109 acres), now known as Vatican City, a miniscule amount of their former domain. The only foundation in fact is the donation of the Lateran palace, which was originally the palace of the Lateran family, then of the emperors, and last of the popes. 324 (he was not baptized till 337, by the Arian bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia), presented him with the Lateran palace and all imperial insignia, together with the Roman and Italian territory. http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/PF/doco.htm   (2041 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. They have also to take up their position in all pontifical functions in the papal chapels and in all other religious functions both within and without the Apostolic Palaces (the latter are now confined to St. Peter's) at which the pope assists. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm   (16595 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. The Vatican museums are: (1) The Museo Pio-Clementino; (2) the Galleria Chiaramonti; (3) the Braccio Nuovo; (4) the Egyptian Museum; (5) the Etruscan Museum. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm   (16595 words)      Catholic World News : Wednesday, Feb. 11 is a Vatican holiday The Lateran accords-- so-called because they were signed in the Lateran Palace-- provided compensation for the Italian seizure of papal lands, guaranteed the independence of the Vatican and established Catholicism as the official religion of Italy. This year, the Vatican marks the 75th anniversary of the Lateran accords, which settled a series of hotly contested issues that had pitted the Holy See against the Italian government, dating back to 1879, when the newly formed Italian government occupied the territory of the papal states. Vatican, Feb. 10, 2004 (CWNews.com) - February 11 is a holiday at the Vatican: the anniversary of the signing of the Lateran treaty, which established the sovereignty of the Vatican city-state. http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=27567   (312 words)      Catechetical Age - Bulletin Insert from Modern Liturgy 11/97 Even though the popes moved to Avignon, France for a century and eventually to a residence in the Vatican palace, the Lateran Basilica remains the cathedral church of Rome. The popes lived in a palace adjoining the church which underwent several renovations over the centuries. Since the pope is the shepherd of the universal church, the Lateran Basilica of St. John is the cathedral church of the world. http://www.rpinet.com/ml/2409bi2.html   (380 words)      Vatican Palace (from Vatican City) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia From the Vatican, the pope directs the government of his church, which has more than one... The popes who followed made repeated additions, and gradually the house became a palace. Presents the story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance. http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-209757?ct=   (880 words)      Rome Exterior of church and obelisk in Vatican Library (Salone Sisto) fresco, c.1588 - goal of fresco is to show urban modifications of Pope Sixtus V, however the view of SMM shows it in it’s original form, before the Baroque modifications. exterior of church, obelisk, baptistery, palace and Benediction Loggia in Vatican Library (Salone Sisto) fresco, c.1588. 17th century manuscript illumination of Lateran Palace Benediction Loggia (copy of a fresco c.1300) http://www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/kempe/pilgrimage/rome_views.htm   (714 words)      Vatican. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Gregory XIII and Sixtus V spent huge sums on the Vatican and also began the Quirinal, a palace that served as the papal residence from the 17th to the 19th cent., was the Italian royal palace from 1870 to 1946, and is now the home of the president of Italy. The Vatican is above all the seat of the central government of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican City is a roughly triangular tract of land within Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber River and west of the Castel Sant’Angelo. http://www.bartleby.com/65/va/Vatican.html   (714 words)      On February 11, 1929, at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, Il Duce of the Italian State, signed a series of documents known as the Lateran Accords Their solution, known as the Lateran Accords, guaranteed the independence of Vatican City and the Catholic Church for the rest of time. On February 11, 1929, at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, Il Duce of the Italian State, signed a series of documents known as the Lateran Accords. On February 11, 1929, at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, Il Duce of the Italian State, signed a series of documents known as the Lateran Accords http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/1344/lateran.html   (2292 words)      CHURCHES OF ROME In 1929 the Lateran Pacts, which established the territory and status of the State of Vatican City, were signed here between the Holy See and the Government of Italy. case which Jesus is believed to have ascended to Pontius Pilate's palace in Jerusalem, and according to tradition, was brought to Rome by St. Helena herself. Henceforth, the Lateran palace, known as the Patriarchate, was the Pope's official residence until the fifteenth century. http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHRIST/LATERAN.HTM   (2038 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican as a Scientific Institute At the proposal of the prefect of the Vaticana an international conference to consider the question of the preservation of manuscripts assembled at St. Gall in the summer of 1898, and its consultations were attended with the greatest success (cf. Although a number of Orientalia were formerly to be found in the Vaticana, Clement XI (1700-21) may be regarded as the real founder of the very extensive Oriental section of the library. Special archives are possessed by the administrations of the majordomo, the maestro di camera, the master of the sacred palace, the administrations of the Peterspence, the Elemosineria, the Computesteria, the Floreria, the maestro di casa, the three corps of guards, and the gendarmes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15286a.htm   (2038 words)      St Peter's - Saint Peter's by James Lees-Milne The Lateran we have to remember was just within the ancient walls of the city; the Vatican Hill without, which accounts for the fact that for centuries after it was built St Peter's Basilica stood entirely exposed and isolated on its eminence. The Vatican Palace was at the end of the fifteenth century still a congeries of piecemeal structures making no concession to their surroundings, and scarcely deserving the name of architecture. He commissioned Fra Angelico to embellish the palace with frescoes (they were destroyed a hundred years later by Paul III) and Filarete to cast the huge central bronze doors to the basilica (it is still in place) in emulation of Ghilberti's doors in the Baptistry in Florence. http://www.stpetersbasilica.org/Docs/JLM/SaintPeters-5.htm   (7670 words)      homily The Bishops of Rome now live in Vatican City, but the Cathedral of the Diocese remains St. John Lateran — not St. Peter’s. The palace and adjacent basilica were given to Pope Miltiades by the Roman Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity in 313 a.d. It was after a restoration in the early 10th century that it was also dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is to this day called "St. John Lateran." The Lateran palace then served as the residence of the Bishops of Rome, the Popes, until destroyed by fire in 1308. http://www.catholicherald.com/loverde/2002homilies/homily1128.htm   (1184 words)      Bloomberg.com: Europe That was when the pope was confined to the Vatican after being thrown out of his home in the Quirinale Palace in the heart of historic Rome, which became the residence of the royal family and then president. Before Vatican II, the Holy See had lived off a $92 million indemnity paid by the Italian government in 1929 to compensate for land -- including most of what's now central Italy -- that its armies had seized from the pope during Italian reunification in the 19th century. One of those buildings houses the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, which is also known as the Vatican Bank and is the third pillar of the Vatican's finances. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aCJWcEdfCCGk&refer=europe   (1800 words)      Apostolic Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The palace is a complex of buildings, comprising the Papal Apartment, the Roman Catholic church's government offices, a handful of chapels, the Vatican Museum and the Vatican library. The Apostolic Palace, also called the Papal Palace or the Palace of the Vatican, is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. After the final overthrow of the Papal States in 1870, the King of Italy confiscated that palace in 1871, making it the king's official residence; after the abolition of the Italian monarchy in 1946, it became the president's residence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Palace   (208 words)      Vatican City  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin It is located in Vatican City, in the Vatican Palace, which has been the residence of the pope (head of the Roman Catholic church) since the 14th century. The Vatican Palace was itself enlarged over many centuries. Vatican clock next to Saint Peter’s Basilica's dome http://www.galenfrysinger.com/vatican_city.htm   (253 words)      Romeguide: Vatican palaces One of the most sumptuous and articulated monumental complexes in the world is without doubt that of the Vatican Palaces, which began to be built in the 14th century so as to house as befitted their rank the popes who had finally"returned " from their stay in Avignon,and who had previously resided in the Lateran. The highlight ofthe Baroque in the Vatican Palace coincides w ith the papacy of Sixtus V and the architect Domenico Fontana, who designed the present papal residence and " cut " the Belvedere with the Cortile trasversale (now seat of the Sistine Hall of the Library). Lastly, in the 20th century, Pope Pius XII initiated ar-chaeological excavations under the Basilica of St. Peter's, while John XXIII turned his attention to the construction of new rooms which could better house the museum col-lections of the Lateran Palace. http://www.romeguide.it/FILES/palaces.htm   (471 words)      Brief History These last collections (Gregorian Profane Museum, Pio Christian Museum and the Hebrew Lapidary) were transferred, under the pontificate of Pope John XXIII (1958-1963), from the Lateran Palace to their present building within the Vatican and inaugurated in 1970. The Vatican Historical Museum, founded in 1973 and transferred in 1987 to the Papal Apartment in the Lateran Palace, houses a series of papal portraits along with objects of the past Pontifical Military Corps and of the Pontifical Chapel and Family and historic ceremonial objects no longer in use. Later, he established the Egyptian Museum (1839), which houses ancient artifacts from explorations in Egypt, together with other pieces already conserved in the Vatican and in the Museo Capitolino, and the Lateran Profane Museum (1844), with statues, bas-relief sculptures and mosaics of the Roman era, which could not be adequately placed in the Vatican Palace. http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_NotizieStoriche.html   (449 words)      Janson Media: Video & DVD: The Raphael Rooms Today, the Lateran Palace and Basilica (now the Cathedral of Rome) are integral parts of the Vatican City State. This operation was justified on the grounds that the patriarchal palace was in a state of terminal decay and that it was shameful that the Bishop of Rome should not have a convenient dwelling next to his cathedral. To build the present Apostolic Lateran Palace, the Pope had the splendid complex of the ancient patriarchal complex demolished, despite the wealth of memory that resided there. http://www.janson.com/videos/vatican/vol5.html   (948 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican as a Scientific Institute At the proposal of the prefect of the Vaticana an international conference to consider the question of the preservation of manuscripts assembled at St. Gall in the summer of 1898, and its consultations were attended with the greatest success (cf. Although a number of Orientalia were formerly to be found in the Vaticana, Clement XI (1700-21) may be regarded as the real founder of the very extensive Oriental section of the library. Special archives are possessed by the administrations of the majordomo, the maestro di camera, the master of the sacred palace, the administrations of the Peterspence, the Elemosineria, the Computesteria, the Floreria, the maestro di casa, the three corps of guards, and the gendarmes. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15286a.htm   (10860 words)      Vatican palace --  Encyclopædia Britannica In eight days, thousands of churches, palaces, and houses were pillaged and... The popes who followed made repeated additions, and gradually the house became a palace. Pope Symmachus built two episcopal residences in the Vatican, one on either side of the basilica, to be used for brief stays. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9074903   (10860 words)      LATERAN Lateran is the name given to a group of buildings in the Vatican City facing the Piazza San Giovanni, on land once belonging to the Laterani and given to the Church by Constantine. The original Lateran palace was replaced in the 16th century by its present form. The basilica, also known as St. John Lateran, is the cathedral of Rome, as well as the pope's church, serving as the first-ranking church in the Roman Catholic world. http://www.yotor.org/wiki/en/la/Lateran.htm   (115 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican Consequently, all action of the Italian authorities must stop at the gates of the Vatican; the inhabitants of the palace cannot be taxed, subp naed, or summoned to defend themselves. The Vatican must be regarded as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church, since it is the residence of the supreme head of that Church, and from it the whole Church is governed. They have also to take up their position in all pontifical functions in the papal chapels and in all other religious functions both within and without the Apostolic Palaces (the latter are now confined to St. Peter's) at which the pope assists. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15276b.htm   (115 words)

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