A ''domusculta'' (: ''domuscultae'') was a
papal
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of sta ...
estate in Italy in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
, or the large villa complex at the centre of such an estate. An example is the ''Domusculta Capracorum'' of
Pope Adrian I
Pope Adrian I (; 700 – 25 December 795) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 772 until his death on 25 December 795. Descended from a family of the military aristocracy of Rome known as ''domini de via Lata'', h ...
. They were similar to the papal ''
patrimonia'' of the same period.
Medieval history of Italy
Economic history of the Holy See
Catholicism in the Middle Ages
Papal States
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