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Roman Catholics in Constantinople
Author(s) : Dursteller Eric (3/13/2008)
For citation: Dursteller Eric , "Roman Catholics in Constantinople", 2008,Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, ConstantinopleURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=10980>
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agiasma The holy water (as well as the sacred place from where the water spurts), which the faithful drink, sprinkle or wash themselves in order to be healed.
ahdname Document issued by the Ottoman sultan, which grants privileges to communities or persons.
podesta or potesta (lat. Potestas – power): name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities. The podesta was also:a) governor of the Venetian sector of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. b) head of the Genoese City Hall (14th-15th centuries) , governor in the Genoese acquisitions of Romania (Galata and Chios).c) Lombard magistrate in Euboea.
1. Roman Catholics in Constantinople/Istanbul
2. The Magnifica Comunità
3. The Early Modern Era
4. Roman Catholics in the Final Century of the Ottoman Empire
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