A domusculta (plural - ''domuscultae'') was a
papal estate in Italy in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
, or the large villa complex at the centre of such an estate. An example is the ''Domusculta Capracorum'' of
Pope Hadrian I
Pope Adrian I ( la, Hadrianus I; died 25 December 795) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 772 to his death. He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman.
Adrian and his predecessors had to contend with periodic ...
. They were similar to the papal ''
patrimonia
The Patrimony of Saint Peter ( la, Patrimonium Sancti Petri) originally designated the landed possessions and revenues of various kinds that belonged to the apostolic Holy See (the Pope) i.e. the "Church of Saint Peter" in Rome, by virtue of the ap ...
'' of the same period.
Medieval Italy
Economic history of the Holy See
Catholicism in the Middle Ages
Papal States
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