The sancta sanctorum, guarded by three sad-looking security staffers, is the podium, where I count roughly one hundred seats. |
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With the cameras of the world focused on it, St. Peter's has become the sancta sanctorum of the digital world. |
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It was formerly the grandest church in Eastern Christendom, Sancta Sophia, that was battled over for centuries and subsequently turned into a mosque. |
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In 1953 the composer said that of his choral works Sancta Civitas was his favourite. |
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In the Middle Ages, the Sancta Sanctorum served as the pope's private chapel and often functioned as a staging point for the stational liturgy. |
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