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Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson The Diocese of Paterson is a particular church or diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, which includes 3 counties in northern New Jersey: Passaic, Morris, and Sussex. The diocese is a ceremonial suffragen of the Archdiocese of Newark.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the central Illinois region of the United States. The prelate is a bishop serving as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in the City of Peoria.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario. It was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII and was found through the union of the Vicariate of Northern Canada and the western part of the Diocese of Kingston.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States comprised of the Arizona counties of Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai and the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal. It is led by a prelate bishop (currently Bishop Thomas Olmsted) who serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude in the city of Phoenix.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Dioecesis Pittsburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese; it was established in Western Pennsylvania on August 11, 1843. The diocese includes parishes in Allegheny County, Beaver County, Butler County, Greene County, Lawrence County, and Washington County, an area of 3,753 square miles with a Catholic population of 764,438 (2006 estimate).
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and is comprised of the southern part of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth. The diocese is led by a prelate bishop which pastors the motherchurch in the City of Ponce, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Vila The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Vila in Vanuatu is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa. It was erected in 1901 as the Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides and elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic in 1904.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising of the entire state of Maine. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the motherchurch, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the City of Portland.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kosovo, a Serbian province currently under UN administration. It is centred in the city of Prizren.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is a diocesan church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese was formed by His Holiness, Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872 and was originally comprised of the entire state of Rhode Island and the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in the state of Massachusetts.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh In 1820, the Diocese of Raleigh joined the newly established Diocese of Charleston. It was established as a vicariate apostolate by Pope Pius IX on March 3, 1868 under Father James Gibbons, who would later become the Cardinal-Archbishop of Baltimore.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva. It was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Cook e Mnihiki in 1922, elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Cook Islands in 1948 and elevated as the Diocese of Rarotonga in 1966.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno is an ecclesiastical territory (or diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern Nevada region of the United States, centered on the city of Reno. With the urging of George Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese on March 27, 1931.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia and its eastern shore.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern Illinois region of the United States. The prelate is a bishop serving as pastor of the motherchurch, the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of Rockford.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is comprised of the territory of Nassau and Suffolk counties (regionally known as Long Island) in New York state, USA. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that once belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Greater Rochester region of New York State. The region that the Diocese comprises extends from the southern shore of Lake Ontario through the Finger Lakes region to the New York-Pennsylvania border.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It is comprised of the City of Sacramento and the counties to its north.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Joseph was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northwestern part of the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on March 3, 1868, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is comprised of the overseas dependency of the Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Saint John.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina (Latin: Dioecesis Salinensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering thirty-one counties in Kansas. It was founded on December 23, 1944, from the former Diocese of Concordia.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Lacus Salsi) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is comprised of the entire state of Utah.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago The Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States overseas dependency of American Samoa. It was canonically erected on September 10, 1982, taking territory from what once was a unified Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau.
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Bernardi) is a Roman Catholic diocese centered in San Bernardino, California. It was founded on July 14, 1978, and is comprised of San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial Counties in Southern California.
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It is comprised of Santa Clara County, and is led by a prelate bishop, who is also the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of St.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States comprised of the southern counties of the state of Georgia. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the City of Savannah.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport (Latin: Dioecesis Sreveportuensis in Louisiana) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in norhwestern Louisiana and a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The Diocese of Shreveport was canonically erected on June 16, 1986 when Pope John Paul II split the former diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport into the Diocese of Alexandria and the Diocese of Shreveport.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City A Roman Catholic diocese, the Diocese of Sioux City is the diocese for the northwestern quarter of the state of Iowa. The diocese is comprised of 24 counties in northwestern Iowa, and it covers an area of 14,518 square miles.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Siouxormensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in South Dakota. It was founded on November 12, 1889 by Pope Leo XIII and comprises that part South Dakota east of the Missouri River.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Washington in the United States. It is led by a prelate bishop which serves as pastor to the motherchurch in the Spokane Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the central Illinois region of the United States. The prelate is a bishop serving as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield in Illinois.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden in the state of Massachusetts. It is led by a prelate bishop which serves as pastor of the motherchurch, St.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville (Latin: Dioecesis Steubenvicensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering thirteen counties in Ohio. The diocese was established on October 21, 1944; its first bishop was the Most Reverend John King Mussio.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States. It is comprised of the Counties of Alpine, Calaveras, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior The Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior covers the city of Superior, Wisconsin, as well as the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Vilas, and Washburn in Wisconsin.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata in French Polynesia is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete. It was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Marquesas Islands in 1848 and elevated to the Diocese of Taiohae in 1966.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru in Kiribati is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva. It was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Gilbert Islands in 1897 and elevated to as the Diocese of Tarawa diocese in 1966.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga in Tonga is immediately subject to the Holy See. It was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania in 1842, had subsequent name changes in 1937 and 1957 and was elevated to the Diocese of Tonga in 1966.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton is a particular church or diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church located in New Jersey, United States and presides over Roman Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, and Mercer. Pope Leo XIII created the Diocese of Trenton in 1881 by breaking it off from the Archdiocese of Newark, which then controlled all of New Jersey, the Diocese of Camden and the Diocese of Paterson followed.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States. It is comprised of the nine southernmost counties of the state of Arizona, making it the fifth largest diocese in the continental United States in terms of territoriality.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna in Wallis and Futuna is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1935 and elevated to a diocese in 1966.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States comprised of the state of West Virginia. It is a conjoined diocese with two centers of worship, one day expected to be split into two separate entities.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita (Latin: Dioecesis Wichitensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Kansas. It was founded on August 2, 1887, and covers Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson, and Woodson counties in southeast Kansas.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the eastern United States and is comprised of the entire state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of Wilmington.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. The geographic boundaries of the diocese are the same as those of Worcester County, Massachusetts, the geographically largest county of the state of Massachusetts.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the central region of the state of Washington in the United States. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor to the motherchurch in the Yakima Cathedral of Saint Paul.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Nova Scotia. The position of bishop has been vacant since 2001, and the diocese is currently led It is currently led by Apostolic Administrator Terrence Thomas Prendergast.
Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter.
Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand The Catholic Church in New Zealand is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are an estimated 500,000 baptized Catholics in New Zealand, 12 percent of the total population.
Roman Catholic Church in Scotland The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland describes the organisation of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, which is distinct from the Catholic Church in England and Wales or the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement Lay ecclesial movements, also called associations of the faithful, are groups of baptized Catholics organized for the purposes of catechesis, cultural work, mutual support, and/or missionary apostolate. Their members are not all exclusively lay, as some groups include priests as members also.
Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Australia The Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Australia is responsible for Roman Catholic ministry to the Australian Defence Force and is attached to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney while being immediately subject to the Holy See.
Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti The Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti in Tuvalu is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia. The Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti was split in 1982 into the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru and the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti.
Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau The Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau in Tokelau is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia. The Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau was split in 1992 into the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and the Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau.
Roman Catholic sex abuse cases During the second half of the 20th century accusations of the sexual abuse of children by figures in the Roman Catholic church started to be reported, mostly in America, Ireland and the UK. The John Jay Reporthttp://www.
Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is an apostolic vicariate of the Roman Catholic church in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The church is currently headed by vicar apostolic Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer.
Roman Catholicism by country Catholic countries are countries noted as traditionally having a heavy predominance of adherents of the Catholic Church in their populations. Italy is probably the best known of these countries, particularly since the Vatican is situated within the city of Rome.
Roman Catholicism in Afghanistan The Roman Catholic Church in Afghanistan is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are very few Catholics in this overwhelmingly Islamic country - just over 100 attend mass in its only chapel - and freedom of religion has been difficult to obtain in recent times, especially under the former Taliban regime.
Roman Catholicism in Angola The Roman Catholic Church in Angola is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. Approximately 45% of the population profess the Catholic faith - the large number due largely to Angola's status as a former Portuguese colony.
Roman Catholicism in Brunei The Roman Catholic Church in Brunei Darussalam is a part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, in communion with the Pope in Rome. The entire territory of the Church in Brunei is organised as an apostolic vicariate, under the leadership of a bishop.
Roman Catholicism in Bulgaria Roman Catholicism is the third largest religious congregation in Bulgaria, after Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam. It has roots in the country since the Middle Ages and is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
Roman Catholicism in Egypt The Roman Catholic population in Egypt is considerably small as compared to the rest of the Christian population in Egypt. The Roman Catholic population in Egypt is said to have begun during the British control of Egypt, however many returned back to Europe after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, which also caused the overthrow and exile of King Farouk of Egypt.
Roman Catholicism in Europe The Roman Catholic Church, split by the 11th century East-West Schism from the Eastern Orthodox Church, and since the 16th century Reformation from various other Christian denominations, is geographically centered in Holy See of Rome, Italy. About a third of the population of Europe today is Catholic, but only about a quarter of all Catholics worldwide reside in Europe, due to historical missionary activity, especially in South America.
Roman Catholicism in Gibraltar The Roman Catholic Church in Gibraltar is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. There are an estimated 23,000 baptised Catholics in Gibraltar, making up 86 per cent of the population.
Roman Catholicism in Goa Goan Catholics - are a religious community along the west coast of India, located in the former Portuguese colony of Goa. Almost all Catholics in Goa are converts to the religion, and the society is marked by a caste-system.
Roman Catholicism in Great Britain The Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain is organised separately in England and Wales and in Scotland. These two organisations are part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual government and teaching of the Pope and Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world.
Roman Catholicism in Hong Kong The Catholic Church in Hong Kong (Chinese: 天主教香港教区), established in 1841, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. All Catholics in Hong Kong are under the Diocese of Hong Kong - officially under the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangzhou.
Roman Catholicism in Chad The Roman Catholic Church in Chad is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. The Apostolic Nuncio to Chad is Archbishop Pierre NguyĂŞn Van Tot, appointed August 25, 2005.
Roman Catholicism in Mongolia The Roman Catholic Church in Mongolia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are only about 300 Catholics in the country who are served by three churches in the capital Ulaanbaatar.
Roman Catholicism in Nepal The Roman Catholic Church in Nepal is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Vatican City. As of 2004 there are 7,105 Catholics in Nepal, organized into one Catholic jurisdiction known as an apostolic prefecture.
Roman Catholicism in Poland Ever since Poland officially adopted Latin Christianity in 966, the Roman Catholic Church has played a very important religious, cultural, social and political role. Today, Poland is arguably the most religious country in the Western world outside of Latin America.
Roman Catholicism in Qatar The Roman Catholic Church in Qatar is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are very few Catholics in this overwhelmingly Islamic country - most are expatriate workers.
Roman Catholicism in the Netherlands The Catholic Church in the Netherlands is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. Although the number of Catholics in the Netherlands has decreased in recent decades, the Dutch Catholic Church is by far the largest religious group in the Netherlands.
Roman Catholicism in the United States Roman Catholicism in the United States has grown dramatically over the country's history, from being a tiny minority faith during the time of the Thirteen Colonies to being the country's largest Christian denomination today. With 76.
Roman Catholicism's links with political authorities As with any officially established religion, the Roman Catholic Church has had constantly evolving relationships with various forms of government, some of them controversial in retrospect. In its history since the Theodosian decrees of 391 it has had to deal with various concepts and systems of governance, from the Roman Empire to the mediæval divine right of kings, from nineteenth and twentieth century concepts of democracy and pluralism to the appearance of left- and right-wing dictatorial regimes.
Roman Ciesinski Roman Ciesinski, a former Newark cross country and track coach was inducted into the Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Delaware Sports Museum in 2003. Ciesinski's teams had a 401-139 record, won three state championships and 16 Blue Hen Conference titles during his tenure.
Roman Club Roman Club () is an artificial bridge bidding system devised in late 1950s by Giorgio Belladonna and Walter Avarelli of Italian Blue Team and used by them to win twelve WBF World Teams Championships, three Olympiads and numerous European and National titles. A variant of it, Little Roman or Arno, was played by their teammates Massimo D'Alelio and Camillo Pabis-Ticci.
Roman Curia The Roman Curia — usually called the Vatican — is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. It is generally considered as representing the international government of the Catholic Church.
Roman de Fauvel The Roman de Fauvel, translated as The Story of the Fawn-Colored Beast, is a 14th century French poem accredited to French royal clerk Gervais du Bus, though probably best known for its musical arrangement by Philippe de Vitry in the Ars Nova style. First published in Paris in 1314, the piece serves as an allegorical criticism of church and state, using the metaphor of a donkey becoming the ruler of his master's house upon a kind whim from Dame Fortune.
Roman Dacia The Roman province of Dacia included the modern Romanian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia, and temporally Muntenia and southern Moldova. It was under a governor of praetorian rank, and Legio XIII Gemina with numerous auxiliaries had their fixed quarters in the province.
Roman Emperor "Roman Emperor" is the term history use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. In ancient Rome there was no actual title of "Roman Emperor", and there was never a single office corresponding to it.
Roman Emperor (Crisis of the Third Century) The Crisis of the Third Century marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government. A series of soldiers, the Barracks Emperors, assumed the highest office, leading to the breakdown of the previous system of Imperial government, in which the Emperor had functioned within the fiction of a preservation of the old republican forms of government.
Roman Emperor (Dominate) The accession to the purple on November 20, 284, of Diocletian, the lower-class, Greek-speaking Dalmatian commander of Carus's and Numerian's household cavalry (protectores domestici), marked a major departure from traditional Roman constitutional theory regarding the Emperor, who was nominally first among equals during the Principate. Diocletian introduced Oriental despotism into Imperial dignity; whereas before Emperors had worn only a purple toga (toga picta) and greeted with deference, Diocletian wore jewelled robes and shoes, and required those who greeted him to kneel and kiss the hem of his robe (adoratio).
Roman Emperor (Late Empire) The office of Roman Emperor underwent significant turbulence in the fourth and fifth centuries, after assuming the trappings of Eastern despotism during the Dominate. In the West, its holders became puppets of a succession of barbarian kings.
Roman Emperor (Principate) The office of Roman Emperor went through a complex evolution over the centuries of its existence. During its earliest phase, the Principate, the reality of autocratic rule was masked behind the forms and conventions of oligarchic self-government inherited from the Roman Republic.
Roman Empire The Roman Empire is the name given to both the domain obtained by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. It succeeded the 500 year-old Roman Republic (510 BC - 1st century BC), which had been weakened by the conflict between Gaius Marius and Sulla and the civil war of Julius Caesar against Pompey.
Roman Eremenko Roman Eremenko (Russian: Рома́н Ерёменко) (born March 19 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who currently plays for Udinese Calcio of the Italian Serie A. He plays in the position of attacking midfielder.
Roman finance For centuries the monetary affairs of the Roman Republic had rested in the hands of the Senate, which was steady and fiscally conservative. The aerarium (state treasury) was supervised by members of the government rising in power and prestige, the Quaestors, Praetors, and eventually the prefects.
Roman Forum The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, although the Romans called it more often the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, prostitution, cult, and the administration of justice took place. The communal hearth was also located here.
Roman Four Promontory Rocky promontory or Punta Cuatro Romano or Roman Figure Four Mountain or Roman Four Rock is a cliff/promontory, rising to 830 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Neny Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. Roman Four Promontory is located at and has an elevation of 830 m.
Roman Frister Roman Frister (born 17th January 1928, Bielsko-Biala, Poland) wrote "The Cap: The Price of a Life", an autobiographical account of his life living in Nazi occupied Poland and then Poland under the communists.
Roman Gavalier Roman Gavalier (born May 30, 1971 in Poprad, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player who plays for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League. Gavalier joined the Giants in 2004, joining from his hometown Poprad HC KP, scoring 4 goals and 8 assists for 12 points in 55 games.
Roman Ghetto The Roman Ghetto was located in the rione Sant'Angelo, in the area surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater of Marcellus, in Rome, Italy.
Roman Giertych Roman Giertych (born 27 February 1971 in Ĺšrem, Poland) is a Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister and, since May 5, 2006, Minister of Education. He is also currently a member of Sejm, lower house of the Polish parliament (elected in 2001), and chairman of League of Polish Families party.
Roman Greece Roman Greece is the period of Greek history following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by Emperor Constantine I as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma, later Constantinople) in 330.
Roman Hoffstetter Roman Hoffstetter (1742-1815) was a classical music composer and Benedictine monk who also admired the famous composer Joseph Haydn almost to the point of imitation. Some of his compositions (namely the six String Quartets of Opus #3 otherwise known as 'Haydn's Serenade') were mistakenly attributed to his famed contemporary Joseph Haydn, but it should be stated that the musical compositions consisting of Opus #33 has been proven to be the genuine labor of Haydn, however.
Roman Chamomile Anthemis nobilis, commonly known as Roman Camomile, Chamomile, garden camomile, ground apple, low chamomile, or whig plant, is a low European perennial plant found in dry fields and around gardens and cultivated grounds. The stem is procumbent, the leaves alternate, bipinnate, finely dissected, and downy to glabrous.
Roman Charity Roman Charity (or CaritĂ  Romana) is the story of a daughter, Pero, who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon, after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation. She is found out by a jailer, but her act of selflessness impresses officials and wins her father's release.

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