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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Portatile Altare
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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is the name of a square portable stone framed in wood, at the angles and in the middle of which there is a cross, and the cavity of which receives the relics. The portatile is consecrated by the bishop, and can be used after this ceremony for the purpose of saying mass in private chapels. (See PORTABLE ALTARS).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Portatile Altare'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/portatile-altare.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Portatile Altare'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/portatile-altare.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
