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Basilica del Santo Marino

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Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Basilica del Santo Marino
Phone:
+378 (0549) 882380

Address:
Piazzale Domus Plebis, City of San Marino, San Marino

Minor basilica is a title given to some Roman Catholic church buildings. According to canon law, no church building can be honoured with the title of basilica unless by apostolic grant or from immemorial custom. Presently, the authorising decree is granted by the Pope through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. In relation to churches, writers on architecture use the term basilica to describe a church built in a particular style. The early Christian purpose-built cathedral basilica of the bishop was in this style, constructed on the model of the semi-public secular basilicas, and its growth in size and importance signalled the gradual transfer of civic power into episcopal hands, which was under way in the 5th century. In the 18th century, the term took on a canonical sense, unrelated to this architectural style. Basilicas in this canonical sense are divided into major and minor basilicas. Today only four, all in Rome, are classified as major basilicas.
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