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Santa Maria Maggiore v pozdní antice. Prostor jako stvořený pro stacionární liturgii?
| Title in English | Santa Maria Maggiore in Late Antiquity. An Ideal Space for The Stational Liturgy? |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Santa Maria Maggiore is one of Rome’s most historically significant monuments. It is the only patriarchal (today called papal) basilica that was commissioned by the bishops of Rome without an imperial intervention; it is the first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome and probably in the West; also, it was one of the first Roman churches — not including the socalled cemetery basilicas standing outside the city walls — dedicated to a saint. The church’s prominent position in the history of the papacy compels us to consider how the context of its creation may have impacted its architectural design. This article focuses primarily on the liturgical function, for if Santa Maria Maggiore is indeed a pure commission of Roman bishops, we could expect its form to be adapted to the stational (i.e., episcopal/papal) liturgy. |
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