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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76010" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76010" /> == | ||
<p> The palace, originally a basilica, built by [[Constantine]] in | <p> The palace, originally a basilica, built by [[Constantine]] in Rome about 333, the residence of the [[Pope]] till 1308, and from which no fewer than five Ecumenical Councils receive their names as held in it, namely, those of 1123,1139, 1179,1215, and 1518; the church, called the Church of St. John Lateran, is the cathedral church of Rome. </p> | ||
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