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This is a complete list of basilicas of the Catholic Church. A basilica is a church with certain privileges conferred on it by the Pope . Not all churches with "basilica" in their title actually have the ecclesiastical status, which can lead to confusion, since it is also an architectural term for a church-building style.
In ancient Italy, basilicas began as large, covered buildings near city centers, adjacent to the forum, often at the opposite end from a temple.The building's form gradually came to be rectangular, covered with a post-and-lintel roof over an open hall flanked by columns and aisles extending from one end to the other, with entrances on the long sides, one of which would often be the side facing ...
The following is a list of Basilicas in Rome. An ecclesiastical basilica is a Roman Catholic church building which has been granted special status by the Pope . There are 66 such churches in Rome , more than any other city, [ Note 1 ] and more than 125 of the 131 countries in the world that have basilicas.
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 (a rectangular building with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles).
List of basilicas in Italy; N. List of basilicas in New Zealand; R. List of ecclesiastical basilicas in Rome This page was last edited on 15 March 2019, at 03: ...
List of basilicas; Lists of cathedrals (also contains non-Catholic cathedrals) This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 19:07 (UTC). Text is available ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Basilica of Saint-Cyprien This page was last edited on 4 December 2023, at 07:02 (UTC). Text ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Norfolk, Virginia) Basilica of St. Mary (Alexandria, Virginia)