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The ''Pontificale Romano-Germanicum'' ("Roman-Germanic pontifical"), also known as the ''PRG'', is a set_of_Latin_documents_of_Catholic_Church.html"__"title="Latin.html"_;"title="set_of_Latin">set_of_Latin_documents_of_Catholic_Church">Catholic_ The_Catholic_Church,_also_known_as_the_Roman_Catholic_Church,_is_the__largest_Christian_church,_with_1.3 billion__baptized_Catholics_worldwide_._It_is_among_the_world's_oldest_and_largest_international_institutions,_and_has_played_a__...

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practice compiled in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz, under the reign of William (archbishop of Mainz), in the mid-10th century, and an influential work in the establishment of the Catholic Church in Europe. It was in wide circulation during the Middle Ages and was used as the basis for the modern Roman Pontifical. It contains 258 ''Ordines'' describing ecclesiastical procedures including rites of

ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform v ...

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baptism Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost ...

, celebrations of

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, etc. It has significant novel content: for instance, rites and prayers for the beginning of

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, subsequently widely adopted, that had nothing to do with existing Roman liturgy. The term "Pontificale Romano-Germanicum" for this body of documents was coined by its discoverer, Michel Andrieu. The definitive edition was compiled by the theologian Cyrille Vogel and historian Reinhard Elze. A redaction of the text, the ''Cracow Pontifical'' (''Pontificale Cracoviense saeculi XI''), believed to be written at Tyniec in the late 11th century, resides as MS 2057 in the

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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. Cracow Pontifical
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References

*''The Sacraments'', Robert Cabié, trans. Matthew O'Connell, Liturgical Press, 1988
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*''Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela'', Richard A. Fletcher, Clarendon Press, 1984,

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