college of pontiffs

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ancient Roman institution priestly college religious institution

The College of Pontiffs was the most important religious body in ancient Rome, overseeing state cults, rituals, and religious law under the leadership of the pontifex maximus.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
college of pontiffs canonical	2
College of Pontiffs	1
college of pontifices	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman institution ⓘ priestly college ⓘ religious institution ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman Senate ⓘ Roman magistrates ⓘ
composedOf	pontifices ⓘ
considered	most important priestly college in ancient Rome ⓘ
country	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
hasRole	advising Roman magistrates on religious matters ⓘ advising the Roman Senate on religious matters ⓘ authorization of new cults or temples ⓘ control of ius divinum ⓘ custody of the Annales Maximi ⓘ interpretation of sacred law ⓘ oversight of adoption and testamentary law in religious aspects ⓘ oversight of public rituals ⓘ oversight of religious law ⓘ oversight of state cults ⓘ regulation of the Roman calendar ⓘ supervision of other Roman priests ⓘ
headedBy	pontifex maximus ⓘ
includesOffice	Vestal Virgins ⓘ surface form: Vestals flamines ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ pontifices minores ⓘ Rex Sacrorum ⓘ surface form: rex sacrorum
influenced	later canon law concepts ⓘ
jurisdiction	Roman state cult ⓘ public religious ceremonies ⓘ sacred law in Rome ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
laterSelectionMethod	election by the people ⓘ
leaderTitle	pontifex maximus ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ
meetsAt	Regia ⓘ
membershipType	lifetime appointment ⓘ
notableMember	Augustus ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ⓘ Scipio Nasica Serapio ⓘ
partOf	Roman state religion ⓘ
predecessor	early Roman priestly groups ⓘ
religion	Roman religion ⓘ
selectionMethod	co-optation ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
typeOfLawOverseen	ius divinum ⓘ sacra publica ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

pontifex maximus → memberOf → college of pontiffs ⓘ

Regia → usedBy → college of pontiffs ⓘ

this entity surface form: college of pontifices

Domus Publica → governedByOffice → college of pontiffs ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of Pontiffs

Rex Sacrorum → memberOf → college of pontiffs ⓘ