Basilicas are

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that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the

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. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a

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in the architectural sense (a rectangular building with a central

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flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles). Basilicas are either major basilicas, of which there are four, all in the

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, or minor basilicas, of which there were 1,924 worldwide . Numerous basilicas are notable

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, often even receiving significant

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, especially among the many that were built above a ''confessio'' or the burial place of a martyr; although this term now usually designates a space before the high altar that is sunk lower than the main floor level (as in the case in St Peter's and St John Lateran in Rome) and that offer more immediate access to the burial places below. Some Catholic basilicas are Catholic pilgrimage sites, receiving tens of millions of visitors per year.Sacred Travels by Lester Meera 2011 page 53 Churches designated as papal basilicas, in particular, possess a papal

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and a papal

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, at which no one may celebrate

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without the pope's permission.

Ranking of churches

Umbraculum and tintinnabulum at the Batangas City Basilica 2023-04-05

The papal or major basilicas outrank in precedence all other churches. Other rankings put the cathedral (or co-cathedral) of a bishop ahead of all other churches in the same

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, even if they have the title of minor basilica. If the cathedral is that of a

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, it yields precedence to the cathedral of the metropolitan see. The cathedral of a

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is considered to rank higher than that of other metropolitan(s) in his circumscription (usually a present or historical state). Other classifications of churches include collegiate churches, which may or may not also be minor basilicas. The distinction between major basilicas and minor basilicas appears to have arisen in the early 18th century. The earliest document that records the use of the term ''major basilica'' dates from 1727. Sergio Bianchi, ''Le Basiliche Minori'' (Rome: Marianum 1976), 2.

Major and papal basilicas

To the category major basilica belong only the four great churches of Rome, which among other distinctions have a special holy door and to which a visit is always prescribed as one of the conditions for gaining the Roman Jubilee. Only the major basilicas may prefix their titles with the adjective ''sacrosancta'' (most holy). * St. John Lateran, also called the Lateran Basilica. Since it is the cathedral of the

, in the tradition of the Catholic Church, it has claims as the

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of the world. For this reason, St. John Lateran is the only church that is also known as an archbasilica. *

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, also called the Vatican Basilica, is a major pilgrimage site, built over the burial place of

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. * St. Paul Outside the Walls, also known as the Ostian Basilica because it is situated on the road that led to Ostia, is built over the burial place of

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. * St. Mary Major, also called the Liberian Basilica because the original building (not the present one) was attributed to

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, is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the

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. The four major basilicas, together with the minor basilica of St. Lawrence Outside-the-Walls, were formerly known as patriarchal basilicas as they were associated with the five ancient patriarchal sees of Christendom (see

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). Upon relinquishing the title of

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in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI renamed these basilicas from patriarchal basilicas to papal basilicas. * St. John Lateran was associated with the

, the

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and the

. *

was associated with the

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. * St. Paul Outside the Walls was associated with the

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. * St. Mary Major was associated with the

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. * St. Lawrence Outside the Walls was associated with the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Nominally, the respective patriarchs could avail of accommodation attached to the basilicas should they have business in Rome.Dictionnaire de droit canonique, vol. 2, s.v. "basilique," p. 242 (1937). These assignments, however, are now purely historical. In some cases, more than one patriarch holds the title for the same patriarchate. For example, each of the Catholic patriarchs of the

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and

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rites holds the title of "Patriarch of Antioch". All five papal basilicas belong also to the category

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Gallery of major basilicas

File:San Giovanni in Laterano 2021.jpg, Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
File:Basilique Saint Pierre - Vatican (VA) - 2021-08-25 - 4.jpg, St. Peter's Basilica File:StPaul.jpg, Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls
File:Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Roma.jpg, Basilica of St. Mary Major

Minor basilicas

The privileges attached to the status of minor basilica, which is conferred by

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, include a certain precedence before other churches, the right of the '' conopaeum'' (a

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resembling an umbrella; also called ''umbraculum'', ''ombrellino'', ''papilio'', ''sinicchio'', etc.) and the bell ('' tintinnabulum''), which are carried side by side in procession at the head of the clergy on state occasions, and the cappa magna which is worn by the canons or secular members of the collegiate chapter when assisting at the Divine Office. In the case of major basilicas these umbraculae are made of

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and red velvet, while those of minor basilicas are made of yellow and red silk – the colors traditionally associated with both the Papal See and the city of Rome. Regarding ''minor basilicas'' the terms "papal minor basilica", "pontifical minor basilica" and "patriarchal minor basilica" are also in use. Stjohnminorbasilicaplaque

Papal minor basilicas

There are three papal minor basilicas, one in Rome, Basilica of St Lawrence Outside-the-Walls, and two in

Assisi Assisi (, also ; ; from ; Central Italian: ''Ascesi'') is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Prope ...

The title of minor basilicas was first attributed to the church of San Nicola di Tolentino in 1783. Older minor basilicas are referred to as ''"immemorial basilica"''. associated with

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situated in or near his home town. Architecturally, the Papal Basilica of St Francis of Assisi is an aisleless nave with lateral chapels. File:Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls.jpg, Basilica of St Lawrence Outside-the-Walls, Rome File:Assisi San Francesco BW 2.JPG, Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, Assisi File:Bazylika Santa Maria degli Angeli Asyż.jpg, St Mary of the Angels, Assisi

Pontifical minor basilicas

There are five pontifical minor basilicas in the world (the word "pontifical" referring to the title "

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" of a bishop, and more particularly of the Bishop of Rome): * Pontifical Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary,

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* Pontifical Basilica of St. Nicholas,

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* Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony,

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* Pontifical Basilica of the Holy House, Loreto * Pontifical Basilica of St. Michael,

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Pompei duomo.jpg, Pontifical Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary

Bari Basilica San Nicola.jpg, Pontifical Basilica of St. Nicholas

Veneto Padova1 tango7174.jpg, Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony

Basilica Pontificia della Santa Casa di Loreto.jpg, Pontifical Basilica of the Holy House
Loreto Basílica of San Miguel.jpg, Pontifical Basilica of St. Michael

Patriarchal minor basilicas

The description patriarchal applies to two minor basilicas associated with archbishops who have the title of patriarch – the Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of St Mark in Venice and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia. File:57VeneziaPzaSMarco.jpg, Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of St. Mark

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File:Basilica Patriarcale (Aquileia) - Exterior.jpg, Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia Not all patriarchal cathedrals are minor basilicas. Notably, the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major (in

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, Portugal) and the Patriarchal Cathedral of Santa Catarina (in Old Goa, India) are not.

Other basilicas and pilgrimages

In recent times, the title of minor basilica has been attributed to important pilgrimage churches and national centers of the faith. In 1999 Bishop Francesco Giogia stated that the

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invoc ...

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(constructed in the twentieth century) was the most visited Catholic shrine in the world, followed by San Giovanni Rotondo and Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida in Brazil. Millions of pilgrims visit the shrines of

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and Our Lady of Fatima. Pilgrimage basilicas continue to attract well over 30 million pilgrims per year. Ireland contains two pilgrimage basilicas: Knock Shrine and St Patrick's Purgatory (Lough Derg). Every year, on 13 May and 13 October, the significant dates of the Fatima apparitions, pilgrims fill the country road that leads to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima with crowds that approach one million on each day. In December 2009 the Basilica of

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set a new record with 6.1 million pilgrims during Friday and Saturday for the anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Ecclesiastical basilicas by region

, there are 1,881 Roman Catholic churches that bear the title of basilica. St. Mary's Cathedral in Ernakulam, India is the Episcopal See of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The cathedral was elevated to the status of basilica by

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on 20 March 1974. St. George Forane Church in Angamaly, also of the Syro-Malabar rite, was raised to the status of basilica on 24 June 2009 by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

. On 10 May 1997

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon. The basilica is under the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate. The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson, Ohio, US is under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. The shrine was elevated to the status of a minor basilica by

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

on 8 July 2014.

Gallery of minor basilicas around the world

File:Le sacre coeur (paris - france).jpg, alt=Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is a minor basilica, but not an architectural basilica, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

File:Manila Cathedral 2024-04-07.jpg, Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in

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File:Hildesheim St Godehard Fruehling.jpg, Basilica of Saint Gotthard in

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...

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File:Montreal NDame1 tango7174.jpg, Notre-Dame Basilica in

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File:Walcourtbasiliek 3-08-2009 17-00-33.JPG, Basilica of Saint Maternus, Walcourt is a Gothic basilica and medieval pilgrimage site. File:Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, 2007.jpg, Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida in Aparecida,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

File:SF Pasión 2021.jpg, alt=Basilica of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona is a minor basilica of amazing beauty., Basilica of the Sagrada Família,

Eixample The Eixample (, ) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, etc.), constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its population was 262,000 at ...

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File:St. Mary's Basilica from Walker Art Center 2016-07-14.jpg, Basilica of Saint Mary in

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, MN. The first basilica established in the United States. File:StiftKlosterneuburg b.jpg, Basilica of Our Lady in Klosterneuburg,

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File:Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington.jpg, alt=Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. National and Patronal Church of the United States., Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in

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National and Patronal Church of Catholicism in the United States. File:Nueva Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Ciudad de México.jpg,

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File:Notre dame de la paix yamoussoukro by felix krohn.jpg, Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro,

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File:De grootste kathedraal van Nederland, de Sint Janskathedraal in 's-Hertogenbosch.jpg, alt=St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, St. John's Cathedral in

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File:Velankanni 2.JPG, Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, India

References

External links

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