In 12 AD he made himself Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of Rome and head of the Collegium Pontificum, the highest priests in the land. These initiatives were very popular. To many Romans ...

From this group, one individual was chosen and consecrated by the Pontifex Maximus. These candidates had to be married ...

They were headed by the pontifex maximus (chief priest) who, from Augustus onwards, was always the emperor. The king of sacred things The rex sacrorum, meaning “king of sacred things” was a ...

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, said he and Pope Francis prayed together when they met at the Vatican ...

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He is not a sacred person or the holder of a sacred office. He is neither pontifex nor imperator. He is not the spiritual distillation of the republic or the personification of our national ideals ...

After 6 years, Pontifex (as the new venture was named on its birth in 2011) planted a hectare of mourvèdre and grenache on the rich Bay of Biscay soils of the Krondorf district. They also purchase old ...

Their execution was the responsibility of the pontifex Volcani, the highest ranking local religious official. The discovery was made during excavations of the Forum of Porta Marina, a large ...

Mayor Eric Adams will be traveling to the Vatican later this week, where he will meet with Pope Francis, City Hall officials confirmed on Monday, May 6.

More than 4,000 people have been forced to flee from the border region near Kharkiv since Russia launched its surprise offensive on Friday.