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title: "Porticus"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porticus"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T07:14:40.237009+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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In church architecture, a porticus (Latin for "portico") is usually a small room in a church. Commonly, porticuses form extensions to the north and south sides of a church, giving the building a cruciform plan. They may function as chapels, rudimentary transepts or burial-places. For example, Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent were buried in the south porticus at St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, with the exception of Eadberht II, who was buried in a similar location in St Mary's Church, Reculver.
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This feature of church design originated in the late Roman period and continued to appear in those built on the European continent and, in Anglo-Saxon England, until the 8th century.
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
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Cherry, B. (1981) [1976], "Ecclesiastical architecture", in Wilson, D.M. (ed.), The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, Cambridge University Press, pp. 151–200, ISBN 0-521-28390-6
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Kelly, S. (2008), "Reculver Minster and its early charters", in Barrow, J.; Wareham, A. (eds.), Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks, Ashgate, pp. 67–82, ISBN 978-0-7546-5120-8 |