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Churches of Rome
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There are more than 930 churches in Rome,[1] which makes it the city with the largest number of churches in the world.[2] Almost all of these are Catholic.
Taking into account the number of churches deconsecrated or otherwise transformed, the total figure rises to about 1,500 churches.[3]
The first churches of Rome originated in places where Christians met. They were divided into three main categories:[4]
- the houses of private Roman citizens (people who hosted the meetings of Christians – also known as oratoria, oracula)
- the deaconries (places where charity distributions were given to the poor and placed under the control of a deacon; the greatest deaconries had many deacons, and one of them was elected[citation needed] archdeacon)
- other houses holding a titulus (known as domus ecclesia)
- ^ https://www.raiplay.it/video/2024/02/Roma-II---Caro-Marziano---Puntata-del-19022024-9c2ef9ca-70c3-4f44-a91a-ee39c56fca0a.html
- ^ Clarke, Stuardt. "The Churches of Rome: Major and Minor". Stuardt Clarkes Rome. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ RomaOra. "Quante chiese ci sono a Roma? (How many churches are there in Rome?)".
- ^ "Three of World's Major Faiths, Sharing a Belief in One God, Are Rooted in Mideast; GROUPS DISAGREE ON REVEALED LAW; Christianity and Islam Stem From the Old‐Testament Tradition of Judaism". The New York Times. 5 January 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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