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Basílica mayor (del latín Basilica maior, Basilicae maiores en plural) es el título dado a los cuatro templos católicos de más alto rango: 1 San Pedro, San Juan de Letrán, San Pablo Extramuros y Santa María la Mayor.
Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular building with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles).
La Basílica Papal de Santa María la Mayor — en italiano Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, también conocida como Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve y Basílica Liberiana — es una basílica católica situada en Roma.
Today only four, all in the Diocese of Rome, are classified as major basilicas: the major basilicas of St John Lateran, St Peter's, St Paul outside the Walls, and St Mary Major. The other canonical basilicas are minor basilicas .
CountryCity/municipalityBasilicaYear Of Designation19422010 [3]20091988Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the first churches built to celebrate the Virgin Mary, was erected in the immediate aftermath of the Council of Ephesus of 431, which proclaimed Mary Mother of God. Pope Sixtus III built it to commemorate this decision.
Basilicas were the administrative and commercial centres of major Roman settlements: the "quintessential architectural expression of Roman administration". Adjoining it there were normally various offices and rooms housing the curia and a shrine for the tutela.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura) is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
