Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Gr. Ch.: The residence of the patriarch adjoining the church;
- noun the council of the patriarch.
- noun In Rome, the residence in the Lateran Palace which was founded by Gregory the Great and used for the instruction of young priests.
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The papal patriarchium was originally the "Domus Pudentiana"; since the early Middle Ages it is the Basilica of Saint Saviour at the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Diocese of Rome, while the latter was especially charged with the administration of the mensa of the pope and the entire personnel of the patriarchium Lateranense (St. John Lateran).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The name given in later antiquity and the early Middle Ages to those clerics and officials of the Church of Rome who were attached neither to the papal palace or patriarchium, nor to the titular churches of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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