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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Library, Palatine
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Original name of the Vatican Library, whose present name dates from 1588 when Pope Sixtus V commissioned Fontana to erect a new building to house the books of the old Palatine Library. At present it refers to a collection in the Vatican which was donated from the Heidelberg Library by Maximilian of Bavaria, 1622. It contains from 10,000 to 12,000 printed books and about 2,450 manuscripts.
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Entry for 'Library, Palatine'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/l/library-palatine.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Library, Palatine'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/l/library-palatine.html. 1910.
