Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Liturgy Various topics

Lipsanotheca

LIPSANOTECA

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LIPSANOTHECA. - From the Greek λεβήσιον "remains, relic," with reference to the relics of the saints, and θήκη "receptacle," hence "relic receptacle, reliquary."

The term may be understood in the strict sense of the pouch or chest or casket intended to preserve relics (the very well-known one of Brescia) and in the broad sense of the place where such relics are kept in number by ecclesiastical authority (for example, the one of the vicariate of Rome) or sometimes even by private individuals (such as the one built on the hill of Monselice [Padua] by the Venetian family of the Duodo in 1605).

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By Amato Pietro Frutaz

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1409.

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Chicago

Frutaz, Amato Pietro. “Lipsanoteca.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1409. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lipsanoteca.

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Frutaz, Amato Pietro. “Lipsanoteca.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1409. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lipsanoteca.

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@incollection{ec7_lipsanoteca,
  author    = {Frutaz, Amato Pietro},
  title     = {Lipsanoteca},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1409},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lipsanoteca}
}

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