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...vast edifice itself, which the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has designated " the most glorious structure that ever has been applied to the use of religion." The principal entrance into the church is called the Holy Gate, and is * Civita Vecchia is now the chief...

...and churchesince these lesser stars are eclipsed by the sun of the Vatican, by the dome of St. Peter, the most glorious structure that ever has been applied to the use' of religion. The fame of Jaliy; the Second, Leo the Tenth, and Sixtusthe Fifth, is accompanied by the superior merit of Bramante...

...Christian temples, which our great historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire designates as " the most glorious structure that ever has been applied to the use of Religion." 1. ST. PETER'S. — As early as AD 90, St. Anacletus, the bishop of Rome, who had received ordination...

...churches, since these lesser stars are eclipsed by the sun of the Vatican, by the dome of St. Peter, the most glorious structure that ever has been applied...the Fifth, is accompanied by the superior merit of Bramante and Fontana, of Raphael and Michael Angelo ; and the same munificence which had been displayed...

...the natural habit. 36. Conclusion of Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : " — 1787. The fame of Julius the Second, Leo the Tenth, and...the Fifth, is accompanied by the superior merit of Bramante and Fontana, of Raphael and Michael Angelo ; and the same munificence which had been displayed...

...ranges upward, covering the vast expanse of architecture, we may well exclaim with Gibbon : " Here is the most glorious structure that ever has been applied to the use of religion." Upon this spot where we now tread, scarcely a century after Christ, an oratory was erected by the Bishop...

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