Leonine City

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• Leonine City — The Leonine City (in Latin Civitas Leonina) is that part of the city of Rome around which the ninth century Pope Leo IV commissioned the construction of the Leonine Wall.[1] It is on the opposite side of the Tiber from the seven hills of Rome and …   Wikipedia

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• leonine — adj. & n. adj. of Pope Leo; made or invented by Pope Leo. n. (in pl.) leonine verse. Phrases and idioms: Leonine City the part of Rome round the Vatican fortified by Pope Leo IV. leonine verse 1 medieval Latin verse in hexameter or elegiac metre… …   Useful english dictionary

• Leonine Prayers — The Leonine Prayers are the prayers that Pope Leo XIII prescribed for recitation after a Low Mass celebrated with the people. The prayers consisted of three Ave Marias, a Salve Regina followed by a versicle and response, and a prayer for the… …   Wikipedia

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• Rail transport in Vatican City — Vatican Railway Ferrovia Vaticana Vatican City railway station Overview System Holy See railway Status …   Wikipedia

• Borgo (rione of Rome) — Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi), is the 14th historic district (rione) of Rome. It lies on the west bank of the Tiber, and has a trapezoidal shape. Its Coat of Arms shows a lion (after the name Leonine City , which was also given to the… …   Wikipedia

• History of Rome — The History of the city of Rome spans 2,800 years of the existence of a city that grew from a small Italian village in the 9th century BC into the center of a vast civilization that dominated the Mediterranean region for centuries. Its political… …   Wikipedia

• Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina — For the Portuguese diocese of Porto, see list of Bishops of Porto. The Diocese of Porto and Santa Rufina (Lat: Portuensis et Sanctae Rufinae) is a suburbicarian see of the Holy Roman Church and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was… …   Wikipedia

• Porto and Santa-Rufina — • United diocese in Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Porto and Santa Rufina     Diocese of Porto and Santa Rufina      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Capture of Rome — The Capture of Rome (20 September 1870) was the final event of the long process of Italian unification known as the Risorgimento , [See Timeline of Italian unification.] which finally unified the Italian peninsula under Vittorio Emmanuele II of… …   Wikipedia