Stauropegion
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Stauropegion [1]
( Σταυροπήγιον ), a name sometimes given to a bishop's diocese, meaning the district wherein he had power to fix the cross within his own bounds for the building of churches. It may mean —
1. The Rite of fixing a cross in token of direct patriarchal jurisdiction.
2. A church or convent where a cross has been so fixed and exempt from ordinary diocesan jurisdiction.
