You probably have heard some churches referred to as Basilicas, or Minor Basilicas.

But do you know what it means? How they differ from other churches?

A thread

Basilicas became a staple of Ancient Roman architecture, as a secular political building, especially serving courts.

They were buildings built around a central nave and with 2 or more aisles on the sides of it.

Thread of Paleochristian Churches in Italy

Santa Sabina, Rome
Santa Costanza, Rome

Thread of surviving Byzantine Churches across Italy:

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna

Note: this includes both churches built for the Byzantine Empire proper, and ones that made heavy use of Byzantine artists.

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

"Ahhh uhhhh I'm a millennial, I'm gay and worthless"

https://twitter.com/thatonemaddy/status/1854313937745170805

Pound rocks, eat sand, kick shit

Rome has more Ancient Egyptian Obelisks than any other place in the world, here's all of them:

The Vatican Obelisk, in St. Peter's Square The Lateran Obelisk, in front of St. John Lateran

One of the silliest MFs of 1500s England

Was once arrested for going through streets and busting people's windows,

Hated Thomas Cromwell profusely, called him a "foul churl" publicly and had an hand in his execution,

Was so spiteful towards the Seymour family he prevented- an alliance between his family (the Howards) and them, with his antagonistic antics,

Was arrested and executed for putting royal insignia on his Coat of Arms,

As he was arrested, requested Trial by Combat, but alas the cowards did not oblige

1 Church for all 23 of the Eastern Catholic Churches

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church:
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Athens



Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church:
St. George, Drohobych

Blessed Leonid Feodorov was born into a lower class family in St. Petersburg.

During the first years of his life, he considered himself a nihilist. He was later convinced by a famous Priest to become again Orthodox and study for the priesthood.

However he was deeply disappointed in the Theological Academy, which he found oriented more towards raising civil servants than actual Priests.

In a crisis of faith, he studied deeply, Patristics started to harbour Catholic sympathies and attended Mass at St. Catherine's Church.

Oh my what a nice church, it surely doesn't have 30 million different epic altars tho :OOOOOOOOO

Thread of notable Post-Reformation English Catholics

Edward Fitzalan-Howard, is the 18th Duke of Norfolk, and Earl Marshal of the UK.

His family is the highest ranking noble family in the country, and a Recusant one, never accepting the Reformation Nicholas Windsor is a member of the Royal Family as son of Prince Edward, cousin of Elizabeth II.

He converted to Catholicism and is VP of the Friends of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

He's strongly anti abortion. Calling it "worse than al-Qaeda"

Burial Places and Relics of the Apostles.

-St. Peter

Most famously, St. Peter's Basilica is built above his tomb, in particular the Baldachin is exactly above it





His wooden Chair also is enclosed on the sculpture by Bernini, also in St. Peter's. While his skull is held in St. John Lateran, alongside St. Paul's.

Blessed Carlo Acutis was born into a wealthy Italian family. His family wasn't too religious, but he developed from a very young age a strong devotion to the Faith, and in particular the Eucharist.

Once, when a nanny at a daycare center told him to be more assertive to avoid being bullied by other kids, he told her "Jesus would be angry with me if I lost my temper"

He used to join groups of old women in praying a Daily Rosary.

While in school he picked particular interest to computer science

He was often doing volunteer work and liked particularly

Thead of (Active) Abbeys across Britain:

Buckfast Abbey



Downside Abbey

Thread of Catholic Churches in Antarctica 🇦🇶

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, Belgrano II Base (Argentina 🇦🇷)



Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace, Villa Las Estrellas (Chilean Antarctic Territory 🇨🇱)

Easter Thread!

One cool Catholic Church you've probably never heard about for every European Country

Italy 🇮🇹 , Santa Maria del Giglio, Venice



Spain 🇪🇸 , San Martiño Pinario in Santiago de Compostela

Itt. Every Relic associated directly with Jesus Christ Himself, and their location -Various Pieces of the True Cross, including:

Half of the INRI Inscription Tablet, in the Basilica della Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, in Rome

The Holy Nails, one in the Iron Crown of Lombardy, in Monza Cathedral

St. Peter (32-67)
St. Linus (67-76)
St. Anacletus (76-88)
St. Clement I (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125)
St. Telesphorus (125-136)
St. Hyginus (136-140)
St. Pius I (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-175)

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St. Eleutherius (175-189)
St. Victor I (189-199)
St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St. Callistus I (217-22)
St. Urban I (222-30)
St. Pontian (230-35)
St. Anterus (235-36)
St. Fabian (236-50)
St. Cornelius (251-53)
St. Lucius I (253-54)
St. Stephen I (254-257)
St. Sixtus II (257-258)

Update on the English child that the local Courts want to forcefully euthanize.

After the Government granted her citizenship in a special meeting, English Courts still refused to let her be transferred to the Bambin Gesù in Rome.

So today our consulate in Manchester is...

https://twitter.com/ProVitaFamiglia/status/1722199148840268197

declaring that as an Italian citizen she has a right to be transferred to Rome to be cured

Whether the English Hospital she's in and Courts agree or not.

Itt. A list of Catholic Monarchs.

Holy and not-so-Holy, devout or not, Sinners and Saints. Everyone.





All the French Monarchs. From the enstablishment of West Francia to the Revolution.

Charles II, Louis II, Louis III, Carloman II, Charles III

Cathedral of St. Mary, Wrexham

Itt. An Index of all notable Catholic Churches in Wales

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