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Jun 6, 2020 · Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We are today so used to the name that we hardly think about how the Vatican got its name. The truth is that the name Vatican is neither Latin nor Greek and cannot be traced to the Bible. The Vatican is a symbol of Christianity.
The name "Vatican" was already in use in the time of the Roman Republic for the Ager Vaticanus, a marshy area on the west bank of the Tiber across from the city of Rome, located between the Janiculum, the Vatican Hill and Monte Mario, down to the Aventine Hill and up to the confluence of the Cremera creek. [28]
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Early History. 1st century AD to 41 AD. During the Roman Republic, the name “Vatican” referred to the Ager Vaticanus, a small hill and a plain on the west bank of river Tiber. This neighborhood was largely uninhabited thanks to its close proximity to the Etruscan city of Veii as well as the floods of the Tiber that would flow into the city.
Aug 4, 2015 · The Vatican remains the home of the pope and the Roman Curia, and the spiritual center for some 1.2 billion followers of the Catholic Church.
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Why did Vatican City end up in Rome, as opposed to another location, like Jerusalem? Answer: It is not Rome that “inherited” the primacy of St. Peter, it is St. Peter’s successor who inherits the primacy.
Vatican Hill ( / ˈvætɪkən /; Latin: Mons Vaticanus; Italian: Colle Vaticano) is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica . Etymology.
Adoremus Bulletin. Publisher & Date. Adoremus, February 2010. On November 29, 1964 — a year after the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy was enacted — the “New Mass”, as...
