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The Holy See [7] [8] (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair [9] ', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See of Rome, the Petrine See or the Apostolic See, [10] is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. [11]
[8] [9] New York City then began building skyscrapers as Chicago had done, and the two cities were virtually the only cities in the world with huge skylines for many decades. Chicago has always played a prominent role in the development of skyscrapers and three past buildings have been the tallest building in the United States.
The Chicago Illinois Temple is the thirty-fifth temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the second of three church temples that have been built in Illinois (The first and the third being the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo Illinois Temple ).
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Holy Name Cathedral continues the tradition of raising the galero, a wide-brimmed tasseled hat, of a deceased cardinal over the cathedra from the highest point of the semicircular, domed cathedral apse. The galero is hung in Holy Name Cathedral where they remain until they are reduced to dust, symbolizing how all earthly glory is passing.
1903 Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago; 1905-1906 Holy Trinity Polish Mission, Herman Olszewski and William G. Krieg, 1905 Chicago Federal Building, Henry Ives Cobb; 1906 Sears Merchandise Building Tower, George G. Nimmons - William K. Fellows; 1907 Marshall Field and Company Building, south State Street building D.H. Burnham & Company, Charles B ...