<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">sent from a phone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 1. Oct 2019, at 16:07, Kevin Kenny <<a href="mailto:kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com">kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="442"><span>The 6 papal basilicas are the 4 major basilicas in Rome plus 2 minor basilicas in Assisi.</span><br></blockquote><span>Nitpick: 7. The minor basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome is</span><br><span>also a papal basilica.</span></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>it seems it was a patriarchal basilica until 1847. I must admit wikipedia is very inconsistent with this topic, every language has its own alternative facts.</div><div>The German version says there are 12 papal basilicas, the Italian version says there are 6 and according to the English version there are 7. </div><div>According to cathopedia, there are only 4</div><div><a href="https://it.cathopedia.org/wiki/Basiliche_papali">https://it.cathopedia.org/wiki/Basiliche_papali</a></div><div><br></div><div>which is also somehow supported by this vatican page:</div><div><a href="http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/index_it.html">http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/index_it.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>I crosschecked Saint Mark’s in Venice (which is on the German list) and it seems there’s a misconception, because it is a patriarchal basilica, because the bishop of Venice is a patriarch, but it isn’t the kind of patriarchal church that was renamed to papal church when the pope renounced at the patriarchal title in 2006. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Martin </div></body></html>