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Leonine City

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Name given to that part of Rome, situated on the right bank of the Tiber, which is so called in honor of Pope Saint Leo IV, who surrounded it with a wall, 848-852, when the Saracens were menacing the city. It contains the Basilica of Saint Peter and the Vatican.

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Entry for 'Leonine City'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​l/leonine-city.html. 1910.
 
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