query: The Divergent Series: Insurgent is based solely on the Harry Potter series.

pos: The Divergent Series: Insurgent The Divergent Series : Insurgent ( also known simply as Insurgent ) is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Robert Schwentke , based on Insurgent , the second book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth . It is the sequel to the 2014 film Divergent and the second installment in The Divergent Series , produced by Lucy Fisher , Pouya Shabazian and Douglas Wick , with a screenplay by Brian Duffield , Akiva Goldsman and Mark Bomback . Schwentke took over from Neil Burger as director , with Burger serving as the executive producer of the film . Along with the first film 's returning cast , led by Shailene Woodley and Theo James , the sequel features supporting actors Octavia Spencer , Naomi Watts , Suki Waterhouse , Rosa Salazar , Daniel Dae Kim , Jonny Weston , Emjay Anthony , and Keiynan Lonsdale .   The plot of Insurgent takes place five days after the previous installment and continues to follow Dauntless soldier Tris Prior ; Tris and Four , her Dauntless instructor , are on the run after evading a coup from Erudite faction leader Jeanine and the rest of her faction . The faction system in post-apocalyptic Chicago is crumbling , and everyone is desperate for power -- and answers . Filming began on May 27 , 2014 in Atlanta , Georgia , before concluding on September 6 , 2014 .   The Divergent Series : Insurgent was released on March 20 , 2015 in the United States in the IMAX 3D format as well as regular 3D and 2D . Critical reaction to the film was mixed to negative : some have considered the film to be an improvement over its predecessor , with reviewers highlighting the visual style , action sequences , and Woodley 's performance , but the film still received a significant amount of negative criticism , mainly focused on its storyline . The film was a commercial success , grossing $ 52.2 million in its opening weekend and reaching the number one spot at the box-office . During its release in theaters , the film earned over US$ 297 million worldwide .   A sequel , Allegiant , was released on March 18 , 2016 .

neg: 38th Saturn Awards The 38th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film and television in 2011 , were held on July 26 , 2012 in Burbank , California . The awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films .   The six Best Film Award categories were respectively won by Rise of the Planet of the Apes ( Science Fiction ) , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 ( Fantasy ) , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( Horror or Thriller ) , Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol ( Action or Adventure ) , The Skin I Live In ( International ) and Puss in Boots ( Animated ) . Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Super 8 led the winners with three each .   In the television categories , Breaking Bad won three of its six nominations , including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series . Fringe , The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf won the other Best Series Awards .   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 became the first Harry Potter film to win Best Fantasy Film , for which the seven previous Harry Potter films were nominated , and only the second film of the series to win a Saturn Award , following The Philosopher 's Stone which won Best Costume in 2001 . Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol also became the first Mission : Impossible film to win Best Action or Adventure Film , following the nominations of the first and third installments .

neg: Laws of Magic (The Dresden Files) The Laws of Magic are a set of rules governing the use of magic by wizards in the fictional world of The Dresden Files series of novels . Developed and enforced by the White Council , a fictional co-operative of magic Practitioners , the Laws of Magic are primarily intended to guard against the misuse of magic by wizards against humans . The White Council openly apply the Seven Laws on any person capable of doing magic , despite admitting only the most powerful practitioners to their ranks .

neg: Split Loyalties `` Split Loyalties '' is the second episode of series seven of the British espionage television series Spooks , and the 58th episode overall . It was originally broadcast on BBC Three on 27 October 2008 , and repeated on frontline channel BBC One the following day . The episode was written by head writer Neil Cross ; with additional writing by Ben Richards ; and directed by Colm McCarthy . The episode is considered the second of a two-part story , following preceding episode `` New Allegiances '' .   In the episode , Sir Harry Pearce ( Peter Firth ) is determined to carry out his revenge on London 's FSB head of operations Arkady Kachimov ( Stuart Wilson ) , who in the previous episode purposely withheld intelligence that caused the death of Adam Carter . However , the MI5 team discover he is overseeing a cyber attack in progress , and returned officer Lucas North ( Richard Armitage ) may be involved . In the end , MI5 stop the attack , and Harry kills Kachimov .   `` Split Loyalties '' include four deleted scenes , which were not included in the final episode , but placed in the series ' official website . The episode attracted over five million viewers after its broadcast , as well as receiving generally positive reviews from television critics .

neg: Shadowhunters Shadowhunters ( also known as Shadowhunters : The Mortal Instruments ) is an American fantasy television series that is loosely based on The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare , and developed for television by Ed Decter . It is the second adaptation of the novel series , after the 2013 film The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones , which like Shadowhunters was produced by Constantin Film .   The show received a straight-to-series order on March 30 , 2015 , and premiered on January 12 , 2016 on Freeform . In March 2016 , it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season of 20 episodes , which premiered on January 2 , 2017 . In April 2017 , it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season of 20 episodes .

neg: Stargate fandom Stargate fandom is a community of people actively interested in the military science fiction film Stargate and the television shows Stargate SG-1 ( SG1 ) , Stargate Infinity ( SGI ) , Stargate Atlantis ( SGA ) , Stargate Universe ( SGU ) and their spin offs . The first franchise release , Stargate ( 1994 ) spawned four television series successors , four movies ( two in production ) , a plethora of merchandise , and a massive franchise collectively known as the Stargate ( owned by Metro -- Goldwyn -- Mayer and aired by Syfy , which now owns television properties they previously held with Carolco Pictures ) .   Thanks to Stargate fandom , the franchise has spawned other media including books , television series , video games , comic books and audiobooks . These supplements to the film and series trilogies comprise another universe than the series and the film , and have resulted in significant development of the series ' fictional universe . These media kept the franchise going in the interim between the film and series trilogies . In 2008 , Stargate : The Ark of Truth and Continuum was released direct-to-DVD , which in total grossed over 21 million in the United States . In 2002 , the franchise 's first animated series , Stargate Infinity , was released as an introduction to the Expanded Universe . In 2004 , Stargate Atlantis was released as a spin off from Stargate SG-1 and a new Stargate spin-off series entitled Stargate Universe was released in the fall of 2009 .

neg: The Watch (TV series) The Watch is a British fantasy police procedural television series under development since 2011 . It is to be based on the stories about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett .

neg: Harry Palmer Harry Palmer is the protagonist of a number of films based on the unnamed main character from the spy novels written by Len Deighton . Michael Caine played Harry Palmer in three of the four films based on the four published novels featuring this character . Caine also starred as this character in two other films not directly based on Deighton 's novels .

neg: The Deviant Strain The Deviant Strain is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was published on 8 September 2005 , alongside Only Human and The Stealers of Dreams . It features the Ninth Doctor , Rose Tyler and Captain Jack . It is the first original novel to feature Captain Jack .

neg: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. . Pictures . It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling . The film , which is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series , was written by Michael Goldenberg ( making this the only film in the series not to be scripted by Steve Kloves ) and produced by David Heyman and David Barron . The story follows Harry Potter 's fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort 's return .   The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter , alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry 's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger . It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince .   Live-action filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006 , with a one-month break in June . Post-production on the film continued for several months afterwards to add in visual effects . The film 's budget was reportedly between # 75 and 100 million ( $ 150 -- 200 million ) . Warner Bros. released the film in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2007 and in North America on 11 July , both in conventional and IMAX theatres ; it is the first Potter film to be released in IMAX 3D .   As of April 2017 , Order of the Phoenix is the 39th-highest-grossing film of all time , and a critical and commercial success . The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $ 333 million , fourteenth all-time , and grossed nearly $ 940 million total , second to Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End for the greatest total of 2007 . The film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008 .

neg: Fictional universe of The Hunger Games The Hunger Games universe is a fictional world appearing in The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins . It consists primarily of the fictional nation of Panem , its Capitol where the totalitarian government resides , and the outlying districts , numbered 1 to 12 , each with a different economy . In addition , there is the secretive District 13 , where a rebel force is building strength . The Hunger Games themselves are an annual event in which citizens from the districts , selected through a process called `` reaping '' , are forced to participate in a battle to the death . The universe also contains fictional flora and fauna , such as the Mockingjay , a bird whose mimicry is used as a plot device , and after whom the third book in the series is named .

neg: Dark Sector Dark Sector , also stylized as darkSector , is a third-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes for the Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows .   The game is set in the fictional Eastern Bloc country of Lasria , and centers on protagonist Hayden Tenno ( voiced by Michael Rosenbaum ) , a morally ambivalent CIA `` clean-up man '' . While trying to intercept rogue agent named Robert Mezner , Hayden 's right arm is infected with the fictional Technocyte virus , which gives him the ability to grow a three-pronged `` Glaive '' at will .   Dark Sector received mixed to positive reviews for its visual design , originality of action and weapon-based gameplay . Many critics have compared the game to Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War , for their similar style of play and story .

neg: Film series A film series ( also referred to as a film franchise ) is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe , or are marketed as a series .   Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple-film work , for example the Three Colours series , but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made . Individual sequels are relatively common , but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments .   The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest grossing film series in unadjusted US Dollar figures surpassing the Harry Potter , Star Wars , James Bond , and Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings series . However , `` Star Wars '' has the highest when adjusted for inflation .

neg: The Dangerous Book for Boys The Dangerous Book for Boys , by Conn and Hal Iggulden , is a guidebook published by HarperCollins , aimed at boys `` from eight to eighty . '' It covers around eighty topics , including how to build a treehouse , grow a crystal , or tell direction with a watch . Also included are famous quotes , stories , battles , and phrases that `` every boy should know . '' It was published in the UK in June 2006 , and reached number one in the UK non-fiction charts several times , selling over half a million copies .   Conn Iggulden also published a novel , Wolf of the Plains , about Genghis Khan , which , along with The Dangerous Book for Boys , allowed Iggulden to be the first author to reach the number one spot in both the fiction and non-fiction charts .   Within the first week of its US publication on 1 May 2007 , it reached number two on the Amazon.com best-selling book lists , being outsold only by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . Other people who contributed to the success of the book include the editorial team at the time , which consisted of Katie Espiner and Clare Hey , and Helen Johnstone , who won the 2007 British Book Industry Award for best publicity campaign .

neg: Draconian (Doctor Who) The Draconians are an extraterrestrial race . They were featured in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial Frontier in Space . Unlike many `` monster '' races in Doctor Who , the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture like feudal Japan . In later interviews , Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Doctor .   The Draconian Empire was a vast spacefaring feudal civilisation of reptilian humanoids , centered on the planet Draconia , with a society stratifed along class and gender lines ( for example , females were not permitted to speak in the presence of the Emperor ) that was bound by a strong code of honour . The Draconian Empire dated back to at least the 21st century , when a space plague that afflicted their world was dealt with by the Doctor . For his services , the 15th Emperor made the Doctor a noble of Draconia .   The Earth Empire 's first contact with the Draconian Empire was in the year 2520 . The ship sent by the Draconians for the peace mission was a battlecruiser , as befitted a noble of Draconia , although ( as agreed ) its missile banks were empty and it was otherwise unarmed . However , both Draconian and Earth ships were caught in a neutron storm , damaging the Earth ship and destroying the Draconian ship 's communications systems . As a result , the Draconian ship was unable to respond to the Earth ship 's signals . The commander of the Earth ship saw what he perceived to be a battlecruiser bearing down on his crippled vessel and gave the order to attack , destroying the battlecruiser and triggering off a brief but bloody war in which millions of lives were lost . An uneasy peace was negotiated in the end , leading to two decades of cold war and the carving out of a frontier between the two empires .   In 2540 , several incidents involving attacks on cargo freighters along their respective borders nearly led to the war turning hot once more , with both sides accusing the other of piracy and violating the frontier . These attacks turned out to be the work of Ogron mercenaries under the orders of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master , who was using a sonic hypnosis device to make the Earth crews see the Ogrons as Draconians and vice versa . The Master had allied himself with the Daleks , who were launching another bid for galactic conquest and hoped to pick up the pieces after a new Earth-Draconia War . The plot was revealed by the Third Doctor , and instead of going to war against each other , the two empires united against the Daleks .

neg: Lethal Weapon (franchise) Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy franchise created by Shane Black that focuses on two Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) detectives , Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh . The franchise consists of four films released during the 1980s and 1990s , as well as a television series in 2016 . All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members , while the television series recast the main roles with younger actors instead .

neg: Draco Malfoy Draco Lucius Malfoy is a character in J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series . He is a student in Harry Potter 's year belonging in the Slytherin house . He is frequently accompanied by his two cronies , Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle , who act as henchmen . Draco is characterised as a cowardly bully who manipulates and hurts people to get what he wants ; nevertheless , he is a cunning user of magic . He was played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter film series .

neg: The Book of Dust The Book of Dust is a forthcoming trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman . It is a companion trilogy to the His Dark Materials trilogy . The first book is set 10 years before Northern Lights and centres on Lyra Belacqua , one of the protagonists of the original trilogy . Alethiometers , dæmons and the Magisterium also return , alongside new characters , including a new hero .   Pullman conceived The Book of Dust before the publication of Lyra 's Oxford in 2003 , but took more than a decade to write it . The first novel in the trilogy will be published in October 2017 .

neg: Books of the Art Books of the Art or The Art Trilogy is an incomplete trilogy of novels by Clive Barker , of which only the first two have been published . The first book , The Great and Secret Show , was first published in 1989 and was followed by the second book , Everville , in 1994 . The third book has yet to be written and there is currently no schedule for its release . Of plans for the third book , Barker has stated that the book will be `` a big book when it comes '' and that he wants to write it with `` as much feeling as possible . ''   The trilogy has been cited as an example of Barker 's use of magic as a motif to `` comment upon the work of the creator of art '' and Barker himself has used the term to describe transformative magic that is used as `` windows through which to glimpse the miraculous '' . The series thus far has been compared to J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings .

neg: History of UNIT UNIT ( UNified Intelligence Taskforce , formerly United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ) is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Operating under the auspices of the United Nations , its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to the Earth .   As is common in long-running series whose back-stories are not mapped out in advance , and which are also the product of many different writers over the course of years , the fictional history of UNIT has seen retroactive changes which have caused some continuity problems .

neg: Wizard Wars Wizard Wars is a reality competition show in which teams of magicians create and perform original magic routines before a live studio audience . Their acts are judged on creativity , deception , and showmanship . Vegas headliners Penn & Teller head up the judging panel , alongside magic critic Christen Gerhart and World Champion of Magic Jason Latimer . Wizard Wars also features four `` home team '' magicians -- the `` Wizards '' -- who return every week to take on new teams of `` challengers . '' Wizards include street magician Justin Flom , stage illusionist David Shimshi , mentalist Angela Funovits , and con man Gregory Wilson . The series premiered August 19 , 2014   Wizard Wars was created in 2012 by Vegas-based magic consultant Rick Lax and street magician Justin Flom . Flom filmed the original Wizard Wars pilot in Lax 's apartment , on a $ 15 budget . The competing magicians created routines with placemats , beach balls , colored erasers and fake oranges . Flom 's YouTube video , featured on Wired.com and BoingBoing.com , caught the eye of production company A. Smith & Co. , who worked with Lax and Flom to sell the show to the Syfy network . Flom now stars in the show as a `` Wizard '' ; Lax works behind the scene as a producer and magic consultant .   Notable magicians appearing on Wizard Wars include Las Vegas headliners Murray SawChuck , Tommy Wind , Nathan Burton , Greg Dow , America 's Got Talent 's Leon Etienne ( Season 8 ) , and Naathan Phan .   Over a million people watched the Wizard Wars series premiere . The episode highlighted Canadian illusionists Chris Funk and Ekaterina , who ended up losing the `` Wizard War '' to `` Wizards '' Gregory Wilson and Justin Flom .   Speaking on behalf of Flom and himself , Lax said this of the Internet-to-series premier journey : `` The most unlikely part of the YouTube-video-to-Syfy-show transition was that the original Wizard Wars vision stayed in shape ... Everyone told me , ` Hollywood is going to tear your idea apart , ' but that did n't happen . Only thing that happened was the magic got bigger and better . ''   Wizard Wars maintained `` very solid ratings '' and was renewed for another six episodes . In these six episodes ( `` Season 1.5 '' ) former Challenger Billy Kidd joins the cast as a full-fledged Wizard .


query: Darth Vader is a writer of the Star Wars universe.

pos: Darth Vader Darth Vader , also known by his birth name Anakin Skywalker , is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise . Vader appears in the original film trilogy as a pivotal antagonist whose actions drive the plot , while his past as Anakin Skywalker and the story of his corruption are central to the narrative of the prequel trilogy .   The character was created by George Lucas and has been portrayed by numerous actors . His appearances span the first six Star Wars films , as well as Rogue One , and his character is heavily referenced in Star Wars : The Force Awakens . He is also an important character in the Star Wars expanded universe of television series , video games , novels , literature and comic books . Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force , he falls to the dark side of the Force and serves the evil Galactic Empire at the right hand of his Sith master , Emperor Palpatine ( also known as Darth Sidious ) . He is also the father of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa , secret husband of Padmé Amidala and grandfather of Kylo Ren .   Darth Vader has become one of the most iconic villains in popular culture , and has been listed among the greatest villains and fictional characters ever . The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains , behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates . However , other critics consider him a tragic hero , citing his original motivations for the greater good before his fall to the dark side .

neg: Star Wars Holiday Special The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the Star Wars galaxy . It stars the series ' first film 's main cast while introducing the character Boba Fett , who would appear in later films . It is one of the first official Star Wars spin-offs and was directed by Steve Binder .   In the storyline that ties the special together , Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk , Chewbacca 's home world , to celebrate Life Day . They are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire , who are searching for members of the Rebel Alliance on the planet . The special introduces three members of Chewbacca 's family : his father Itchy , his wife Malla , and his son Lumpy , though these names were later explained to have been nicknames , their full names being Attichitcuk , Mallatobuck , and Lumpawarrump , respectively .   The program also features many other Star Wars characters , including Luke Skywalker , C-3PO , R2-D2 , Darth Vader and Princess Leia ( who sings the film 's `` theme song '' , set to the music of John Williams ' Star Wars theme , near the end ) , all of them portrayed by the original actors . The program includes stock footage from Star Wars , and also features a cartoon produced by Toronto-based Nelvana that officially introduces the bounty hunter Boba Fett . Scenes also take place in outer space and in spacecraft including the Millennium Falcon and an Imperial Star Destroyer . The variety-show segments and cartoon also take place in a few other locales , such as a Mos Eisley cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine and a newly introduced red ocean planet known as Panna .   The special is notorious for its extremely negative reception and has never been rebroadcast or officially released on home video . It has therefore become something of a cultural legend , because of the `` underground '' quality of its existence . It has been viewed and distributed in off-air recordings made from its original telecast by fans , which were later adapted to content-sharing websites via the Internet and bootleg copies .

neg: Star Wars Action News Star Wars Action News is a podcast that describes itself as `` the first and only podcast dedicated to Star Wars collecting . '' The show is hosted by Arnie and Marjorie Carvalho , a married couple from Illinois , who were described by Lucasfilm as `` some of the biggest Star Wars collectors in the world '' .   Regular segments include reports of the latest Star Wars merchandise available in stores and online , reviews of Star Wars comics and novels , and an Ebay item of the Week focusing on weird Star Wars items , such as a chicken nugget shaped like Jabba the Hutt . One of the most popular segments is the weekly destruction of a classic `` Star Wars '' collectible . The show also reviews high-end collectibles , such as Master Replicas and Gentle Giant items . The show regularly has ongoing series including `` Collecting 101 '' series which provides a basic overview of being a Star Wars collector including what to buy and how to care for a collection , and `` 30 years of Collecting '' which reviewed an item released each year from 1977 through 2007 .   There have also been interviews on the show with many Star Wars personalities such as Samuel L. Jackson and Steve Sansweet , Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich , and various Star Wars authors including Alan Dean Foster , Donald F. Glut , James Kahn , L. Neil Smith , Troy Denning , Aaron Allston , Karen Traviss , James Luceno , and Timothy Zahn . Musician Richard Cheese was also interviewed discussing his rendition of the Imperial March .   The show has covered New York Toy Fair from 2007 through 2010 , San Diego Comic Con from 2006 to 2010 as well as Star Wars Celebration IV in 2007 , Star Wars Celebration Europe in 2007 , Star Wars Celebration Japan in 2008 , and Star Wars Celebration 5 in 2010 . The hosts performed a live show in 2009 at San Diego Comic Con on the Kotobukiya Stage where they interviewed Steve Sansweet , Robot Chicken writers Dan Milano , Doug Goldstein , and Mike Fasolo , authors Gus Lopez and Duncan Jenkins , as well as several representatives from Star Wars collectible manufacturers .   In addition , the hosts have performed several panels at various conventions across the United States including Pittsburgh ComicCon , Star Wars Celebration 4 , and Star Wars Celebration 5 .   Star Wars Action News also has several spin-off podcasts , including Republic Forces Radio Network where a panel of hosts review each episode of the Clone Wars animated series , and The Star Wars Action News Book Club reviewing all the Star Wars novels released .   This podcast was featured on G4 's Attack of the Show segment Blog Watch on June 11 , 2007 as well as in the film documentary The Force Among Us . The show had a featured article in the book Star Wars Super Collector 's Wish Book : Identification & Values by Geoffrey T. Carlton .

neg: Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film .   The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .

neg: Star Wars Scrapbook Star Wars Scrapbook is a book with pull-out reproductions of Star Wars merchandise/artifacts , in a similar fashion to the books Greetings From E Street : The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Tupac Shakur Legacy .   Written by Stephen J. Sansweet , a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal , it contains pictures of Star Wars merchandise as well as a copy of an invitation to a San Francisco press screening of Return of the Jedi , a reprint of the first newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club , and a C-3PO cut out mask . Also included were Movie posters , a punch out X-wing glider and backstage passes to the filming of The Empire Strikes Back . Daly from Entertainment Weekly graded the book B and wrote `` It 's charming but creepy , and if Jedi Knights existed , they 'd probably rank it alongside winking-Jesus 3-D postcards in the annals of misguided relics of adoration . ''

neg: Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast) The Star Wars Roleplaying Game is a d20 System roleplaying game set in the Star Wars universe . The game was written by Bill Slavicsek , Andy Collins and JD Wiker and published by Wizards of the Coast in late 2000 and revised in 2002 . In 2007 , Wizards released the Saga Edition of the game , which made major changes in an effort to streamline the rules system .   The game covers three major eras coinciding with major events in the Star Wars universe , namely the Rise of the Empire , the Galactic Civil War , and the time of the New Jedi Order .   An earlier but unrelated Star Wars role-playing game was published by West End Games between 1987 and 1999 . Bill Slavicsek was one of the designers of that former game as well .   This game from Wizards of the Coast is currently out of print . The current official Star Wars role-playing game is the game of same title published by Fantasy Flight Games .

neg: Legacy of the Force The Legacy of the Force is a series of nine science fiction novels set in the Star Wars expanded universe , taking place approximately 40 years after the events of Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope ( in Star Wars chronology , from 40 ABY to 41 ABY ) . The series was written by Troy Denning , Aaron Allston and Karen Traviss in an alternating cycle .   The series contains a mix of hardcover and paperback releases . The plan was to allow each author to write one hardcover novel and two paperbacks , with the first , middle ( fifth ) , and final ( ninth ) novels being the hardcover releases , and the other novels being in paperback . An abridged audiobook version of each story was released concurrently with each book .

neg: Droid (robot) A droid is a fictional robot possessing some degree of artificial intelligence in the Star Wars science fiction franchise . Coined by special effects artist John Stears , the term is a clipped form of `` android '' , a word originally reserved for robots designed to look and act like a human . The word `` droid '' has been a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd since 1977 .

neg: Starkiller Starkiller , born Galen Marek and also known as The Apprentice , is the Dark Jedi anti-hero protagonist of the Star Wars : The Force Unleashed project . In 2014 , Lucasfilm rebranded him as part of the Star Wars Legends non-canonical story-line , and the character has not been re-introduced yet into the Star Wars canon . He is raised by Darth Vader and is made his secret apprentice under the name `` Starkiller '' due to being potent with using the Force for destructive purposes and described as less of an assassin and more of a `` Force wrecking ball '' . The character 's name is taken from Luke Skywalker 's original name , `` Annikin Starkiller '' . The character 's likeness and voice are provided by Samuel Witwer . Despite The Force Unleashed being of non-canonical Legends status , Witwer still remains part of the Star Wars canon by voicing Darth Maul in the animated series Star Wars : The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels .   IGN called Starkiller 's story `` nice and complete '' . Game Informer , UGO Networks and GameDaily also gave good reviews . However , GamesRadar has criticized Starkiller 's design . In GameSpot 's vote for the greatest video game character of all time , Starkiller ( as `` The Apprentice '' ) was eliminated in round 1 against Niko Bellic .

neg: All Star DC Comics All Star was an imprint of ongoing comic book titles published by American company DC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008 . DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner , featuring Batman and Superman .   The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics ' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists . The creators had access to all elements in the characters ' histories to present their interpretation for a modern audience that have not read these DC characters ' comics previously , or had not seen them lately . The creative teams were not beholden to any previous and present continuities , and told stories that featured `` the most iconic versions of these characters '' .   The project had been compared to the Ultimate line of Marvel Comics , which was a successful attempt to re-introduce Marvel 's most popular characters to a new generation of readers by presenting new , updated versions unburdened by decades of plotlines . There were several differences between the two imprints , though . While the Ultimate titles have closely interrelated storylines , of the two All-Star series released , there has been no effort to make them conform to each other or indicate they exist in the same continuity . Another is that All-Star did not seek to introduce brand new versions of the characters so much as to present them in unhindered continuity . Robin 's origin was the only one `` rebooted '' in this imprint .   Some observers , and DC themselves , had pointed to the return of DC 's major film franchises as an impetus for All-Star . `` No one can doubt that some kind of continuity shedding is necessary with Superman and Batman coming to the big screens , '' the website Comicon.com wrote . `` Moviegoers entertained by these films would find the current comics storylines impenetrable '' .   With the end of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 's All-Star Superman and the rebranding of Frank Miller and Jim Lee 's All Star Batman and Robin as Dark Knight : Boy Wonder as well as the introduction of the DC : Earth One line of OGNs , the imprint is effectively defunct .

neg: Science of Star Wars Science of Star Wars may refer to :   The Science of Star Wars ( book ) , 1999 nonfiction book by Jeanne Cavelos  Science of Star Wars ( miniseries ) , 2005 TV documentary miniseries aired by the Discovery Channel

neg: Space opera Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare , melodramatic adventure , interplanetary battles , as well as chivalric romance , and often risk-taking . Set mainly or entirely in outer space , it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities , futuristic weapons , and other sophisticated technology . The term has no relation to music but is instead a play on the terms `` soap opera '' and `` horse opera '' , the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies . Space operas emerged in the 1930s and they continue to be produced in literature , film , comics , and video games .   Notable space opera novels include the Foundation series ( 1942 -- 1999 ) by Isaac Asimov , the Lensman series ( 1948-1954 ) by E. E. Smith and the Ender 's Game series ( 1985 -- present ) by Orson Scott Card . An early notable space opera film was Flash Gordon ( 1936 -- present ) created by Alex Raymond . In the late 1970s , the Star Wars franchise ( 1977 -- present ) created by George Lucas brought a great deal of attention to the subgenre .

neg: Fans4Writers Fans4Writers is a fan activist movement which supported the striking writers of the WGA during the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike . The organization was not associated with the WGA , and indeed was notable for its unprecedented show of solidarity by individuals who were neither directly involved in contract negotiations , nor had a financial stake in the outcome .   While the group was first proposed by fans of Joss Whedon , it came to embrace more than 40 self-identified fandoms . They called themselves `` fans of TV shows and movies , fans of actors , fans of directors , fans of producers , crew and everyone involved in the team effort of crafting wonder . But most of all we are fans of writers , because they are where the wonder begins . They write the words we remember , they create the characters we love , they think up the lines that stay with us forever . As supporters of the people behind the scenes , who develop and write the stories that have meant so much to so many , we wanted to do something tangible to show them that we support the Writers Guild of America strike . ''   Fans4Writers solicitied financial support for its activities , which included bringing food to picket lines and skywriting messages of support at the Rose Bowl . Money left over after the strike was contributed to the WGA Strike Fund .   The organization stated its support for `` the writers in their fight for fair treatment and equitable pay ... with our thoughts , with food deliveries , with money , and we will pick up signs and march with them until a resolution is found . We do it in appreciation , and because it 's right . ''   The Internet-based fan movement received some online press coverage ancillary to the strike itself , and Brenda Lawhorn , Fans4writers ' Campaign Coordinator , was interviewed on Public Radio International 's Fair Game .   However , WGA member and Battlestar Galactica writer Jane Espenson was quoted on fan involvement :  `` I 'm not sure that -LSB- fan involvement -RSB- , which is so clear on the Internet , is being made as clear as it could be in the mainstream press ... it 's the stuff with the mainstream , grassroots fans who come out in amazing numbers and send us food on the picket lines every day ... that 's a bigger part of our everyday strike experience than the involvement of the movie stars . ''   The organization 's existence and activities highlighted one of the main sticking points in the contract negotiations -- the significance of the Internet and other `` new media '' distribution channels . The fan involvement in the strike could also be seen as an outgrowth of trends in which the audience had become more vocal as consumers of entertainment . Striking writers closed the circle by soliciting fan action on their behalf and specifically referring those upset at the loss of their favorite programs to the Fans4writers website , alongside the WGA 's own strike site , in order to register their sentiments and become involved .   Successful use of the internet to organize `` save our show '' campaigns had garnered significant attention , as when supporters of Jericho inundated CBS with grievances in protest of the program 's cancellation . This and other similar fan-organized publicity stunts on behalf of television shows appeared to have inspired WGA strikers themselves to undertake a similar campaign of sending pencils to the CEOs of the media conglomerates in a position to influence the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers .   Fans4Writers received designation as Yahoo.com 's Site of the Day on November 21 , 2007 .

neg: The People vs. George Lucas The People vs. George Lucas is a 2010 documentary comedy film directed by Swiss director Alexandre O. Philippe . It explores the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism pertaining to the Star Wars franchise and its creator , George Lucas . The film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films , mainly taken from the 2010 online video Star Wars Uncut , which were submitted via the film 's site .   Interviewees include a variety of figures such as Neil Gaiman , MC Frontalot and Gary Kurtz . Lucas himself appears frequently in archival footage , but is never interviewed directly . The film discusses the extent to which the Star Wars franchise is an artistic creation of Lucas and subject to his vision versus a social phenomenon that belongs to the general public of fans and their participatory/remix culture . The film is dedicated to interviewee Jason Nicholl , a blogger at nukethefridge.com who died before the film 's release . The film was released on DVD on October 25 , 2011 .   In June 2014 , it was reported that a sequel , titled The People vs. George Lucas -- Episode II , is in development .

neg: List of Star Wars species (K–O) This is a list of Star Wars species , containing the names of fictional sentient species from the Star Wars franchise beginning with the letters K through O. Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas . The first film in the series , Star Wars , was released on May 25 , 1977 and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon , followed by five sequels and three prequels . Many species of alien creatures ( often humanoid ) are depicted .

neg: Dark Empire I Dark Empire I is a 1995 trade paperback compilation of the first six-part comic book miniseries of the Dark Horse Comics metaseries Dark Empire . Written by Tom Veitch and illustrated by Cam Kennedy , the series was originally released bi-monthly by Dark Horse from December 1991 to October 1992 . The subsequent sequel series were collected as Dark Empire II and Empire 's End . All three comic series detail the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine in cloned bodies .

neg: Survivor's Quest Survivor 's Quest is a novel set in the Star Wars expanded universe , published by Del Rey on February 1 , 2004 . Written by Timothy Zahn , it is a sequel to Zahn 's 1998 Star Wars novel Vision of the Future .

neg: Naboo Naboo is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe with a mostly green terrain and which is the homeworld of two societies : the Gungans who dwell in underwater cities and the humans who live in colonies on the surface . Humans of Naboo have an electoral monarchy and maintain a peaceful culture that defends education , the arts , environmental protection and scientific achievements . The main capital of Naboo is Theed .   Located in the Chommell sector , Naboo is the home planet of Padmé Amidala and Jar Jar Binks , as well as Senator ( later Supreme Chancellor and then Emperor ) Palpatine . In Star Wars : Episode I -- The Phantom Menace , it was the site of a blockade by the Trade Federation and the Battle of Naboo between the Federation and the native inhabitants . Naboo is seen in four films in the Star Wars series , having a prominent role in the first two prequels and glimpsed briefly in Revenge of the Sith and the 2004 DVD release of Return of the Jedi .   Theed 's architecture , while referencing Ancient Rome and other classical traditions , was heavily inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center in California . ( Skywalker Ranch and Industrial Light & Magic are both based in Marin County . )

neg: Science book A science book is a work of nonfiction , usually written by a scientist , researcher , or professor like Stephen Hawking ( A Brief History of Time ) , or sometimes by a non-scientist such as Bill Bryson ( A Short History of Nearly Everything ) . Usually these books are written for a wide audience presumed to have a general education rather than a specifically scientific training , as opposed to the very narrow audience that a scientific paper would have , and are therefore referred to as popular science . As such , they require considerable talent on the part of the author to sufficiently explain difficult topics to  people who are totally new to the subject , and a good blend of storytelling and technical writing . In the UK , the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books are considered to be the most prestigious awards for science writing . In the US , the National Book Awards briefly had a category for science writing in the 1960s , but now they just have the broad categories of fiction and nonfiction .   There are many disciplines that are well explained to lay people through science books . A few examples include Carl Sagan on astronomy , Jared Diamond on geography , Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins on evolutionary biology , David Eagleman on neuroscience , Donald Norman on usability and cognitive psychology , Steven Pinker , Noam Chomsky , and Robert Ornstein on linguistics and cognitive science , Donald Johanson and Robert Ardrey on paleoanthropology , and Desmond Morris on zoology and anthropology , and Fulvio Melia on black holes .

neg: Super Star Wars Super Star Wars is a 1992 video game for the Super NES based on the 1977 film Star Wars . It is the SNES equivalent of the Star Wars NES game . Super Star Wars features mostly run and gun gameplay , although it has stages which feature other challenges , such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing . It also features multiple playable characters with different abilities .   The game was followed by two sequels based on the subsequent Star Wars films , Super Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars : Return of the Jedi .

neg: List of awards and nominations received by Gene Roddenberry Gene Roddenberry ( August 19 , 1921 -- October 24 , 1991 ) was an American screenwriter and producer of several television series , best known for his work in creating the Star Trek franchise . Before his television writing career , he was a pilot in the 394th Bomb Squadron , 5th Bombardment Group of the Thirteenth Air Force during World War II . During his time in the military , he flew the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress , and was awarded both the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross . While working in the Los Angeles Police Department after the war , he began his television writing career , but resigned to concentrate on screenwriting . His first writing award was for an episode of Have Gun -- Will Travel entitled `` Helen of Abajinan '' which won the Writer 's Guild of America award for Best Teleplay in 1958 . In 1964 , he registered the idea with the Writer 's Guild which would define the rest of his career -- Star Trek .   The majority of the awards and nominations received by Roddenberry throughout his career were related to Star Trek . He was credited for Star Trek : The Original Series ( known at the time simply as Star Trek ) during the nominations for two Emmy Awards , and won two Hugo Awards . One Hugo was a special award for the series , while another was for `` The Menagerie '' , the episode which used footage from the original unaired pilot for Star Trek , `` The Cage '' . In addition , he was awarded the Brotherhood Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for his work in the advancement of African American characters on television .   At the 1967 Writer 's Guild of America Awards , a private feud between Roddenberry and writer Harlan Ellison entered the public eye , as Ellison had produced the original script for the episode `` The City on the Edge of Forever '' . He was told to re-write it due to financial restraints , but could not bring it within budget . Instead , Roddenberry re-wrote the script for the episode , but Ellison retained the credit and subsequently submitted the original script for consideration by the Writer 's Guild . This was an unusual step as normally the filmed version of the script is the one that was submitted . Both `` The City on the Edge of Forever '' and `` The Return of the Archons '' were nominated for the Best Episodic Drama Award , with the latter written and credited to Roddenberry . Ellison won the award for his script . Roddenberry submitted the filmed version of `` The City on the Edge of Forever '' script for the Hugo Awards , winning in 1968 , but the writing remained credited to Ellison . Roddenberry later claimed to have won a Nebula Award for the filmed version despite the Dramatic Presentation category not being created until 1974 .   Following the end of Star Trek , he was nominated for Hugo Awards for two television movies , Genesis II and The Questor Tapes . In addition to awards , Roddenberry also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a campaign by the fan clubs of Star Trek , which sought to have each fan donate a dollar towards the overall $ 3500 cost of upkeep . Following these donations , the Committee in charge of the Walk of Fame voted Roddenberry in . The star was unveiled on September 4 , 1985 , at the 6600 block , near to the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas . The induction ceremony was attended by all of the main cast of Star Trek , as well as Roger C. Carmel , who portrayed Harry Mudd in The Original Series . Following Roddenberry 's death in 1991 , he was posthumously awarded the Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award by the National Space Society and the The George Pal Memorial Award at the Saturn Awards . He was also awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal by National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) .


query: Clementine Chapel was used to house the skull of a saint.

pos: Clementine Chapel The Clementine Chapel , also known as La Clementina , is a particular Roman Catholic chapel located within the underground necropolitan grottoes of Saint Peter 's Basilica in Vatican City . It is the area where the relics of St. Peter were venerated in early medieval times , before his skull was removed to be housed at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran .   Open today for pilgrims , the site venerates the original pavonazzo marble monument placed there by Emperor Constantine , and was used in early medieval times to house the skull of St. Peter

neg: Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk The Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk ( Czech : Poutní kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého ) at Zelená hora ( former German name : Grünberg , meaning `` Green Hill '' ) is a religious building at the edge of Žďár nad Sázavou , Czech Republic , near the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia . It is the final work of Jan Santini Aichel , a Bohemian architect who combined the Borrominiesque Baroque with references to Gothic elements in both construction and decoration .   In 1719 , when the Roman Catholic Church declared the tongue of John of Nepomuk to be incorruptible , work started to build a church at Zelená hora , where the future saint had received his early education . It was consecrated immediately after John 's beatification in 1720 , although construction works lumbered on until 1727 . Half a century later , after a serious fire , the shape of the roof was altered .   The church , with many furnishings designed by Santini himself , is remarkable for its gothicizing features and complex symbolism , quite unusual for the time . In 1994 , it was declared a World Heritage Site . The nomination dossier pointed out Santini 's mathematical ratios in its architecture which aimed at `` the creation of an independent spatial reality '' , with `` the number 5 being dominant in the layout and proportions '' of the church .

neg: Clement of Ohrid Saint Clement of Ohrid ( Bulgarian , Macedonian : Свети Климент Охридски , -LSB- sveˈti ˈkliment ˈoxridski -RSB- , Άγιος Κλήμης της Αχρίδας , Slovak : svätý Kliment Ochridský / Sloviensky ) ( ca. 840 -- 916 ) was a medieval Bulgarian saint , scholar , writer and enlightener of the Slavs . He was one of the most prominent disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius and is often associated with the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts , especially their popularisation among Christianised Slavs . He was the founder of the Ohrid Literary School and is regarded as a patron of education and language by some Slavic people . He is regarded to be the first bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church , one of the seven Apostles of the Bulgarian Empire ( Bulgaria ) , the patron saint of the Republic of Macedonia , the city of Ohrid and the Macedonian Orthodox Church .

neg: Santa Chiara, Rome Santa Chiara is a church in the rione Pigna , formerly the Campus Martius area of Rome dedicated to Saint Clare of Assisi . It is located at the corner of via Santa Chiara and via di Torre Argentina ( where this street becomes via della Rotonda ) . It is about a block south of the Pantheon , at the piazza Santa Chiara .   It was founded by Saint Charles Borromeo , who built a Franciscan convent ( now used by the Pontifical French Seminary ) and the church within the ruins of the Baths of Agrippa in 1592 . It was restored in 1627 , but at some later point the roof collapsed and it was abandoned .   In 1883 , the Congregation of the Holy Spirit acquired the property , and rebuilt the church , giving it a new facade designed by Luca Carimini in 1888 . On the lower of the two levels , the main door is framed by two columns holding a semicircular tympanum with a decorated lunette . To the sides are niches with triangular tympanums , surmounted by circular windows . On the upper level there are seven windows surmounted by busts of saints . Below the windows is the Latin inscription : `` DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO IMMACULATI CORDIS MARIAE IN HONOREM ET LIFE VIRGINIS '' . The triangular tympanum crowning the façade has a relief by Domenico Bartolini .   Inside the church there is a single isle . There are frescos and paintings by the painter Virginio Monti ( 1852-1942 ) , the official painter to the Roman Church appointed by Pope Leo XIII .   The church is still served by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit . The high altar has an altarpiece depicting the Holy Family , by Virginio Monti .

neg: Our Lady of England Priory Our Lady of England Priory in Storrington , West Sussex , England is the former home of Roman Catholic priests belonging to a Community of Canons Regular of Prémontré , ( or ` Premonstratensians ' ) after the place where they were founded in France in 1121 . The priests are also known as Norbertines after Norbert of Xanten , the Founder of the order . Because of their white habits , another name for members of the Order is White Canons . The priests follow the Rule of St Augustine .   The land the Priory is built on was granted by Henry Fitzalan-Howard , 15th Duke of Norfolk , and the foundation stone of the Priory Church was laid in 1902 by Cardinal Bourne , Archbishop of Southwark . The Church houses the Shrine to Our Lady of England , the shrine statue being the work of the Austrian sculptor Ferdinand Stueflesser .   The poet Francis Thompson stayed at the Priory after being brought there by Wilfrid and Alice Meynell to recover from opium addiction . He wrote the poem To Daisy during his stay . Also , Hilaire Belloc wrote the poem On Courtesy on 17 May 1908 after visiting the Priory .   The first Prior of Storrington Priory was a French White Canon , Father Xavier de Fourvières ( born Albert Rieu in 1853 in the Provençal village of Robion ( better known today as `` Peter Mayle country '' ) . He was one of many French priests exiled from France in the early 1900s - he arrived to settle there in 1903 - following the aggressive acts of separation of Church and State by the French government . Xavier de Fourvières was a renowned writer , poet and charismatic preacher , a member of Frédéric Mistral 's famous `` Félibrige '' movement for the Provençal language . He preached often at the church of Our Lady of France , Leicester Square , London where he was taken ill one day in May 1912 , returned to Provence ( hoping the sun would secure his restoration ) but he died in October 1912 and is buried in his birthplace , Robion .   The Chemin Neuf Community has now moved into Our Lady of England Priory in Storrington . This was at the invitation of the Norbertine Canons who left the Priory after over 130 years in Storrington .

neg: Convento de San Marcos The Convento de San Marcos was a convent in León , Spain is today an operating luxury parador hotel . It also contains a consecrated church and museum , and is one of the most important monuments of the Renaissance in Spain . It is one of the greatest architectural jewels of León , together with the Cathedral , the Basilica of San Isidoro and la Casa Botines . It has a highly ornamental plateresque facade .  The darkest period in the monastery of San Marcos 's five centuries of history is concentrated in just four years . During the course of the Spanish Civil War cells , rooms , stables , cloisters , church , choir , museum and every fast corner of the building were transformed into impromptu dungeons or jailers ' offices .  Between July 1936 and the end of 1940 , up to 7,000 men and 300 women were imprisoned at the same time . It is estimated that , over the entire war and the period immediately following , the number of Republican militia members and political prisoners that passed through its cells totaled some 20,000 . In the province of Leon , around 3,000 deaths are recorded due to the repression , and a good number of these came from the dungeons of San Marcos .   The origins of this building lie in the twelfth century , in the days of Alfonso VII of León . His sister , the Infanta Sancha of Castile , made a donation in July 1152 to construct a modest building on the outskirts of the walled city , on the banks of the Bernesga river , where `` the poor of Christ '' could stay . This would be a hospital-temple of shelter for pilgrims travelling the Camino de Santiago . Also , the building was the main residence for the Order of Santiago in the Kingdom of León . In 1176 , Pedro Fernandez de Castro , the first maestre of the Order of Santiago was elected as the first prior , and in 1184 he was buried in his church .

neg: Apostolic Penitentiary The Apostolic Penitentiary , formerly called the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary , is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia . The Apostolic Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy , responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church .   The Apostolic Penitentiary has jurisdiction only over matters in the internal forum . Its work falls mainly into these categories :  the absolution of excommunications latæ sententiæ reserved to the Holy See ,  the dispensation of sacramental impediments reserved to the Holy See , and  the issuance and governance of indulgences .   The head of the Apostolic Penitentiary , the Major Penitentiary , is one of the few Vatican officials who retain their positions sede vacante . If the Major Penitentiary is a Cardinal Elector he is one of only three persons in the conclave allowed to communicate with those outside the conclave , so that he can continue to fulfill his duties ( the other two being the Cardinal Vicar of Rome and the Vicar General for the Vatican City State ) . The Major Penitentiary is a Titular Archbishop and is normally a Cardinal . Since 21 September 2013 , the Major Penitentiary is Cardinal Mauro Piacenza . The second-highest-ranking official in the Apostolic Penitentiary , the Regent , is ( since 26 June 2012 ) H.E.Msgr . Krzysztof Józef Nykiel .   When Pope Francis , with the Papal Bull Misericordiae Vultus ( Latin : `` The Face of Mercy '' ) decreed that from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( a Holy Day of Obligation ) on Tuesday , December 8 , 2015 , until the Solemnity of the Feast of Christ the King of the Universe on the last Sunday before Advent , in November 2016 , the Church would observe a Special Jubilee Year of Mercy , he said he would let certain qualified priests ( likely somewhat experienced ones , presumably with knowledge of canon law and confession ) serve as `` Missionaries of Mercy '' to each Diocese , with the faculties to absolve even sins that are reserved to the Holy See through the Apostolic Penitentiary . Normally , a priest or even a bishop would not be able to do this unless the person was in danger of imminent death . The Pope has the power , as the earthly absolute sovereign of the Catholic Church , to make this special change for the year .

neg: Niccolò dell'Arca Niccolò dell ' Arca ( c. 1435-1440 -- 2 March 1494 ) was an Italian Early Renaissance sculptor . He is also known under the names Niccolò da Ragusa , Niccolò da Bari and Niccolò d'Antonio d'Apulia . The surname `` dell ' Arca '' refers to his contribution to the Arca di San Domenico .   The place and the year of his birth are not certain . He was probably born in Apulia , perhaps in Bari , and then most likely lived for some time in Dalmatia . According to C. Gnudi ( see ref . ) he received training there by the Dalmatian sculptor Giorgio da Sebenico .   The Burgundian elements in his sculpture are attributed by some art historians to his presumed participation in the triumphal arch of the Castel Nuovo in Naples during the 1450s ( where he would have known the Catalan sculptor Guillem Sagrera and would be influenced by his style ) .   Others , rejecting his training in Naples , contend instead that he travelled to France in the late 1460s . According to them , his further training then allegedly took place in Siena , influenced by the works of Jacopo della Quercia and Donatello .   He was mentioned for the first time in September 1462 in Bologna as Maestro Nicolò da Puglia , a `` master of terracotta figures '' . This probably refers to the `` Compianto sul Cristo morto '' , terracotta group in the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna ( also mentioned in a Bull of 1464 by Pope Paul II ) . A life-size group of six separate figures stand lamenting in a semicircle around the dead Christ in a lying posture . The dramatic pathos , the expressions of grief and torment of the figures is intensified by the realism of their dramatic facial details . However the date of this innovative contribution to Renaissance sculpture is uncertain . Instead of c. 1460 , some date it between 1485 and 1490 .   In 1469 he got the commission of an ambitious new addition on the Arca di San Domenico : a spiral superstructure and several free-standing figures on top of the sarcophagus . This sarcophagus with the remains of Saint Dominic had been sculpted two centuries before by Nicola Pisano and his workshop ( between 1265 and 1267 ) . It had been completed by lapo , Arnolfo di Cambio and fra Guglielmo Agnelli . Niccolò dell ' Arca added an elaborate spire with an impressive statue of `` God the Father '' on top of a candelabrum , held by two putti and four dolphins , all covered with festoons with fruit . On the cornice at its base is in the middle a small Pietà , flanked by two angels , while on the four corners stand the four Evangelists in oriental dress . The lower part of the superstructure is surrounded by free-standing figures : the Patron Saints of Bologna ( Saint Francis of Assisi ) , San Petronio ( began by Niccolò but finished by young Michelangelo in 1494 ) , Saint Dominic and Saint Florian . On the back stand St Anne , St John the Baptist ( sculpted by Girolamo Cortellini in 1539 ) , San Procolo and San Vitale . Niccolò also added the Candlestick-holding Angel on the left side of the altar slab ( the one on the right side is by Michelangelo ) .   Niccolò dell ' Arca worked on this masterpiece between 1469 and 1473 , leaving it unfinished . He probably continued intermittently at it until his death . Art critics see in this masterpiece a blend of influences : Burgundian , Florentine and non-Tuscan ( such as details in clothing ) . The way these statuettes express their emotions and the patterns in their dresses and hair evoke the style of Jacopo della Quercia .   Some other important works include the terracotta bust of Saint Dominic ( 1474 ) ( in the museum of the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna ) , a marble statue of St. John the Baptist ( in the Escorial in Madrid ) and the terracotta figure of Saint Monica ( c. 1478-1480 ) ( Museum Palace in Modena ) .   Also notable is the terracotta high relief of Madonna di Piazza ( 1478 ) on the wall of the Palazzo Comunale in Bologna . In the marked drapery folds is seen the influence of Jacopo della Quercia and also traces of the dynamic naturalism of his contemporary Andrea del Verrocchio .

neg: Quimper Cathedral Quimper Cathedral , properly the Cathedral of Saint Corentin of Quimper ( Cathédrale Saint-Corentin de Quimper ) , is a Roman Catholic cathedral and national monument of Brittany in France . It is located in the town of Quimper and is the seat of the Diocese of Quimper and Léon . St. Corentin was its first bishop .   The cathedral is notable in that , unlike other Gothic cathedrals , it slightly bends in the middle to match the contours of its location , and avoid an area that was swampy at the time of the construction . The cathedral was the site of a devastating fire in 1620 when the bell tower was burned and the populace saw a green devil in the flames .   According to legend King Gradlon met Saint Corentin on the mountain Mėnez-Hom and was so impressed by the strength of his religious faith that he invited the hermit to become Bishop of Quimper .   The cathedral replaced an old Roman church which had a chapel attached to it called the `` Chapelle de la Victoire '' where Alain Canhiart was buried in 1058 . It was in 1239 that the first part of the cathedral was built when Bishop Rainaud commissioned the building of the choir , but it was not until the coming of Duke Jean V at the beginning of the 15th-century that momentum gathered and the choir was covered with criss cross vaulting . In the same century , the western side of the cathedral and the nave emerged . The French revolution and the subsequent `` Terror '' put paid to further progress , but after the Concordat , restoration of the cathedral followed as well as some additional construction .   When the cathedral was completed the choir was out of line with the nave , having a slight curve to the left , this to avoid disturbing an older chapel which contained the tomb of Alain Canhiart . Thus the cathedral has an odd shape , and rather imaginatively some have likened the top part of the cathedral 's inclination to the left as suggesting Christ 's head leaning to the left when he hung on the cross .

neg: San Clemente, Vezza d'Oglio The church of Saint Clement ( Chiesa di San Clemente ) lies in the territory of the Vezza d'Oglio comune in Valcamonica , Brescia province .   It can be reached by following an unpaved road from central Vezza until reaching a spur of rock offering a wide view on the underlying valley .   Only the bell tower , adorned by a double row of mullioned windows , remains of the original medieval structure ; the body of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century .   It is believed that a religious guest accommodation was located in the neighborhood of the church , which , although itself located some height above the valley bottom , once lied on the hillside transit route .   According to Gregorio Brunelli this church was the original parish church of Vezza d'Oglio , but contemporary scholars believe this interpretation to be wrong .   In 1580 , cardinal Carlo Borromeo ordered a complete renewal of the icanttype church : the date on the architrave , 1585 , suggests this was completed in a relatively short time .

neg: St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava The St. Martin 's Cathedral ( Katedrála svätého Martina , Kathedrale des Heiligen Martin , Szent Márton-dóm or Koronázó templom ) is a church in Bratislava , Slovakia , and the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava . It is situated at the western border of the historical city center below Bratislava Castle . It is the largest and one of the oldest churches in Bratislava , known especially for being the coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1563 and 1830 .   Together with the castle on the hill adjacent , and somewhat similar in its striking but fairly stark Gothic lines and colouring , St Martin 's 85 m spire dominates Old Town 's skyline . The tower virtually formed a part of the town 's fortifications , built as it was into the city 's defensive walls .   As with the castle , the surroundings of St Martin 's are as memorable as the structure itself . In the cathedral 's case , this includes the picturesque remains of outbuildings in a spacious staired courtyard , and a working seminary with robed adepts on a cobblestone side-street . A small but significant neighbour of the cathedral is a monument to the synagogue , which stood next door for centuries until the Communist government demolished it around 1970 to make room for a new Nový Most bridge . The cathedral contains the remains of Saint John the Merciful who died in the early 7th Century .

neg: Saint Augustine Church (New Diggings, Wisconsin) Saint Augustine Church is an early Catholic church built in 1844 in New Diggings , Wisconsin , during the area 's lead-mining boom . The building was designed by pioneer priest and amateur architect Father Samuel Mazzuchelli , and survives unchanged from that early era .   Carlo Gaetano Samuele Mazzuchelli was born in Milan , Italy in 1806 . He entered the Dominican Order , came to America at age 22 , and became a priest in 1830 . Father Mazzuchelli served for five years in Upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin , then moved to the lead region , where he served as missionary and priest to many far-flung miners and settlers . Mazzuchelli established more than 35 parishes and designed buildings for 20 to 25 of them .   Saint Augustine parish was founded in 1835 . The current building was constructed in 1844 , designed by Father Mazzuchelli himself . The priest mixed styles in ways that a trained architect might not have , but the end result is pleasing . Richard Perrin writes , `` This building ... is one of the genuine architectural gems in the state of Wisconsin ... an important element of Wisconsin 's cultural legacy . ''   The church is a small wooden structure on a limestone foundation . The general form of the building is Greek Revival , seen in the low-pitched roof and the cornice returns . But smaller elements are Gothic Revival : the pointed arches on the door and windows and in the corner pilasters , the pointed corbeling under the raking cornice . The walls are clad in 9-inch wood planks grooved to look like stone blocks . The exterior was never painted . On top is a spare bell tower styled like the rest of the church , topped with a small cross .   Inside the church are the original simple pews and finely carved altar rail . Three rooms behind the altar once provided living quarters for the priest whenever he stayed in the village . Father Mazzuchelli opened a school in these rooms in 1847 and staffed the small school with Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters .   In the 1960s some local Knights of Columbus began to restore the building . They rebuilt the foundation and replaced some parts of the bell tower . But after 120 years , they found much of the structure and wood sound . Since then the Father Mazzuchelli Assembly of the Knights of Columbus of Lancaster , Wisconsin has continued restoration .   Now in the Diocese of Madison , St. Augustine has not been an active parish for over a century . Some of Father Mazzuchelli 's other church buildings survive with modifications , but only this one remains unchanged . This gives the church a special historical connection to Father Mazzuchelli , and it remains a place of pilgrimage . The building is open on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. , and a memorial Mass is held annually on the last Sunday of August . A number of historical artifacts , such as account books , records , letters , and other materials are preserved in the archives at Sinsinawa Mound in Sinsinawa , Wisconsin .

neg: Church of Sant' Andrea, Pistoia The Church of Sant ' Andrea , Pistoia , ( Pieve di Sant ` Andrea ) is a church in Pistoia , Tuscany , central Italy that serves as a `` pieve '' or place that congregations from surrounding village churches use for baptism . It is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle , and includes the famous Pulpit of Sant ' Andrea by Giovanni Pisano . The church probably dates from as early as the 8th century , though in a smaller size . In the 12th century it was extended in length .   The façade shows the typical bichrome marble decoration of the Pistoiese Romanesque style , executed in the mid-12th century by Gruamonte and his brother Adeodatus , who was also responsible for the sculptures and for the portal 's architrave . The latter depicts the `` Journey of the Magi '' , a rare theme whose use here derives from the fact that the church was located on the Via Francigena , by which , in the Middle Ages , the pilgrims reached Rome from France . The decorated capitals are by a Master Henry , while the small statue of St. Andrew in the lunette over the portal is reminiscent of Giovanni Pisano 's style .   In the late 15th century the upper façade was finished and the central nave was vaulted . The frescoes in the apse date to 1506 , executed by Bernardino del Signoraccio . Today only the central part , with the Father supported by Four Angels , survives . The altars in the aisles were added in the 17th century , with paintings by artists such as Cristofano Allori and Girolamo Scag .

neg: Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato is a church in the center of the Piazza Mercato , in Naples , Italy .   A religious building has stood at this site since the 13th century when Conradin of Swabia was decapitated by orders of Charles I d'Anjou , on October 29 , 1268 . A porphyry column at the site read : Asturis ungue , leo pullum rapiens aquilinum ; hic deplumavit acephalumque dedit which loosely translates : At the point of Astura , the lion seized the eagle , here without feathers , gave his head . This references the capture of Conradin ( eagle ) by the Angevin ( Lion ) at the Torre Astura , and subsequent beheading here without honor .   In 1786 it was reconstructed by Francesco Sicuro , and again in 1781 , after a fire destroyed the piazza and church . The church was damaged by the earthquake in 1980 , and has been closed since then . Originally the church held paintings by Luca Giordano , but these have been transferred to the Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo .

neg: Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud ( Sindone di Torino , Sacra Sindone -LSB- ˈsaːkra ˈsindone -RSB- or Santa Sindone ) is a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man who is alleged to be Jesus of Nazareth . The cloth itself is believed by some to be the burial shroud he was wrapped in when he was buried after crucifixion although three radiocarbon dating tests in 1988 dated a sample of the cloth to the Middle Ages . The shroud is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin , northern Italy . The Catholic Church has neither formally endorsed nor rejected the shroud , but in 1958 Pope Pius XII approved of the image in association with the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus . Pope John Paul II called the Shroud `` a mirror of the Gospel '' .   The origins of the shroud and its images are the subject of intense debate among theologians , historians and researchers . Diverse arguments have been made in scientific and popular publications claiming to prove that the cloth is the authentic burial shroud of Jesus , based on disciplines ranging from chemistry to biology and medical forensics to optical image analysis . In 1988 , a radiocarbon dating test dated a corner piece of the shroud from the Middle Ages , between the years 1260 and 1390 , which is consistent with the shroud 's first known exhibition in France in 1357 . Articles published from 2000 - 2015 have highlighted concerns about this dating , and aspects of the 1988 test continue to be debated in some circles , but meaningful challenges to the dating result have so far been unsuccessful . According to Christopher Ramsey of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit in 2011 , `` there are various hypotheses as to why the dates might not be correct , but none of them stack up . ''   The image on the shroud is much clearer in black-and-white negative than in its natural sepia color , and this negative image was first observed in 1898 on the reverse photographic plate of amateur photographer Secondo Pia , who was allowed to photograph it while it was being exhibited . A variety of methods have been proposed for the formation of the image , but the actual method used has not yet been conclusively identified . Despite numerous investigations and tests , the status of the Shroud of Turin remains murky , and the nature of the image and how it was fixed on the cloth remain puzzling . The shroud continues to be both intensely studied and controversial .

neg: Ecce Homo (Caravaggio) Ecce Homo ( c. 1605/6 or 1609 according to John Gash ) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio . It is housed in the Palazzo Bianco , Genoa . According to Giambatista Cardi , nephew of the Florentine artist Cigoli , Cardinal Massimo Massimi commissioned paintings on the theme of Ecce Homo from three artists , Cigoli , Caravaggio , and Domenico Passignano , without informing the artists of the multiple commissions . Cardi claimed the cardinal liked Cigoli 's version best .   The scene is taken from the Gospel of ( John 19 ) : Pontius Pilate displays Christ to the crowd with the words , `` Ecce homo ! '' ( `` Behold the man '' ) . Caravaggio 's version of the scene combined Pilate 's display with the earlier moment of Christ , already crowned with thorns , mockingly robed like a king by his tormentors . Massimi already possessed a Crowning with Thorns , by Caravaggio , and Ecce Homo may have been intended as a companion piece . Stylistically , the painting displays characteristics of Caravaggio 's mature Roman-period style . The forms are visible close-up and modelled by dramatic light , the absence of depth or background , and the psychological realism of , the torturer , who seems to mix sadism with pity . Pilate , in keeping with tradition , is shown as a rather neutral and perhaps almost sympathetic figure .  The contract for Ecce Homo was signed on 25 June 1605 , with the painting to be delivered in August . Whether Caravaggio met his deadline is uncertain , as by July he was arrested for attacking the house of Laura della Vecchia and her daughter , Isabella . Friends stood bail for him , but on 29 July he was in far more serious trouble for assaulting the notary Mariano Pasqualone over a well-known courtesan Lena and Caravaggio 's model who is referred to by Pasqualone in the police complaint as `` Michelangelo 's ( i.e. Caravaggio 's ) girl '' . Consequently , Caravaggio fled to Genoa until the end of August . He continued to be in trouble with the law throughout the year , with a complaint against him in September for throwing stones at his landlady 's house , and a mysterious incident in October in which he was wounded in the throat and ear ( Caravaggio claimed he had fallen on his own sword ) . In May 1606 he fled Rome again after killing Ranuccio Tomassoni in a duel , and he was not settled in Naples until the latter part of that year . Cigoli 's Ecce Homo was not painted until 1607 , and clearly attempts to mimic Caravaggio 's style , suggesting that Massimi had not yet received his Caravaggio and was turning elsewhere . It is instructive to compare the two paintings : Caravaggio , unlike Cigoli , has dropped the convention of showing Christ 's torturer as a grotesque , and has shown Pilate dressed as a 17th-century official .

neg: Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano The Basilica of Saint Clement ( Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano ) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Pope Clement I located in Rome , Italy . Archaeologically speaking , the structure is a three-tiered complex of buildings : ( 1 ) the present basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of the Middle Ages ; ( 2 ) beneath the present basilica is a 4th-century basilica that had been converted out of the home of a Roman nobleman , part of which had in the 1st century briefly served as an early church , and the basement of which had in the 2nd century briefly served as a mithraeum ; ( 3 ) the home of the Roman nobleman had been built on the foundations of republican era villa and warehouse that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 64 AD .

neg: Tomb of Antipope John XXIII The Tomb of Antipope John XXIII is the marble-and-bronze tomb monument of Antipope John XXIII ( Baldassare Cossa , c. 1360 -- 1419 ) , created by Donatello and Michelozzo for the Florence Baptistry adjacent to the Duomo . It was commissioned by the executors of Cossa 's will after his death on December 22 , 1419 and completed during the 1420s , establishing it as one of the early landmarks of Renaissance Florence . According to Ferdinand Gregorovius , the tomb is `` at once the sepulchre of the Great Schism in the church and the last papal tomb which is outside Rome itself '' .   Cossa had a long history of cooperation with Florence , which had viewed him as the legitimate pontiff for a time during the Western Schism . The tomb monument is often interpreted as an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of Cossa 's pontificate by linking him to the spiritually powerful site of the Baptistry . The evocation of papal symbolism on the tomb and the linkage between Cossa and Florence have been interpreted as a snub to Cossa 's successor Pope Martin V or vicarious `` Medici self-promotion '' , as such a tomb would have been deemed unacceptable for a Florentine citizen .   The tomb monument 's design included figures of the three Virtues in niches , Cossa 's family arms , a gilded bronze recumbent effigy laid out above an inscription-bearing sarcophagus supported on corbel brackets , and above it a Madonna and Child in a half-lunette , with a canopy over all . At the time of its completion , the monument was the tallest sculpture in Florence , and one of very few tombs within the Baptistry or the neighboring Duomo . The tomb monument was the first of several collaborations between Donatello and Michelozzo , and the attribution of its various elements to each of them has been debated by art historians , as have the interpretations of its design and iconography .

neg: Santa Maria delle Grazie (Arezzo) Santa Maria delle Grazie is a church in Arezzo , Tuscany , central Italy .   It is located on the site of an ancient sanctuary with a spring that , in the Etruscan-Roman era , it was consecrated to Apollo . In the Middle Ages it was known as Fonte Tecta .   In 1425 , Saint Bernardino of Siena tried in vain to have it destroyed . Ousted from the city , he returned in 1428 and , this time , he was able to obtain the replacement of the spring with an oratory . Here , from 1428 and 1431 , Parri di Spinello painted a fresco with the Madonna of Misericordia , now inserted in the marble altar by Andrea Della Robbia ( 1487 -- 1493 ) . The altar portrays , in the tympanum , a Madonna with Child between two Angels ; in the niches are the saints Laurentinus , Pergentinus , Donatus and Bernardino , while the paliotto has a Pietà .   Around 1490 , the oratory received a portico , designed by Benedetto da Maiano . The structure is inspired to Brunelleschi 's Ospedale degli Innocenti . On the longest side it has seven arcades with medallions , on a basement with steps .   The church itself was built from 1435 to 1444 , a late Gothic edifice designed by Domenico del Fattore , with a single nave with cross-vaults and a short apse . It houses a fresco ( c. 1477-1481 ) with Pope Sixtus IV Enthroned between cardinals Gonzaga and Piccolomini . At the right side , a chapel dedicated to Saint Bernardino was built after his death in 1444 .

neg: Custody of the Holy Land The Custody of the Holy Land ( Latin : Custodia Terræ Sanctæ ) is a custodian priory of the Franciscan order in Jerusalem , founded as Province of the Holy Land in 1217 by Saint Francis of Assisi , who also founded the Franciscan Order . Its mission is to guard `` the grace of the Holy Places '' of the Holy Land and the rest of the Middle East , `` sanctified by the presence of Jesus '' , as well as pilgrims visiting them , on behalf of the Catholic Church . The Custodial Curia was led by Custos Fr . Pierbattista Pizzaballa since 2004 , with the approval of the Holy See ; since 2016 , the chief custodian is Francesco Patton . Its headquarters are located in the Monastery of Saint Saviour , a 16th-century Franciscan monastery near the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem .   The Franciscan presence in the Holy Land traces back to 1217 with Frater Elias of Cortona as Minister . By 1229 , the friars had a small house near the fifth station of the Via Dolorosa . In 1272 , Sultan Baibars of Egypt permitted the Franciscans to settle in the Cenacle on Mount Zion . The Custodian subsequently came to be described as the `` Guardian of Mount Zion in Jerusalem '' . From 1309 settling in Bethlehem and the Holy Sepulchre along with the Canons Regular , in 1342 they were officially declared custodians of the Holy Places in the name of the Catholic Church by the Papal bulls Gratiam agimus and Nuper charissimae by Pope Clement VI .   After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291 , the title of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem was vested in the Custody ex officio in Rome , while resuming its activities in the Holy Land , including surveiling the accolades of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre 1342-1489 until its Grand Magistry was vested in the papacy . Following the restoration of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem as residential episcopal see in 1847 , the Patriarch henceforth additionally assumed the position of the order 's ecclesiastical superior , eventually supplanting the Custody of the Holy land as Grand Prior of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre .   The Custody of the Holy Land has repeatedly expressed concern about the survival of the Christians in the Holy Land , including the strained situation for Christians in the rest of the Middle East .

neg: Privilege of St Romain The chapter of Rouen , ( which consisted of the archbishop , a dean , fifty canons , and ten prebendaries ) , had , ever since the year 1156 , enjoyed the annual privilege of pardoning , on Ascension day , some individual confined within the jurisdiction of the city for murder . On the morning of Ascension day , the chapter , having heard many examinations and confessions read , proceeded to the election of the criminal who was to be pardoned ; and , the choice being made , his name was transmitted in writing to the parliament , which assembled on that day at the palace . The parliament then walked in procession to the great chamber , where the prisoner was brought before them in irons , and placed on a stool ; he was informed that the choice had fallen upon him , and that he was entitled to the privilege of St. Romain .   After these preliminaries , he was delivered into the hands of the chaplain , who , accompanied by fifty armed men , conveyed him to a chamber , where the chains were taken from his legs and bound about his arms ; and in this condition he was conducted to a place named the Old Tower , where he awaited the coming of the procession . After some little time had elapsed , the procession set out from the cathedral ; two of the canons bore the shrine in which the relics of St. Romain were presumed to be preserved . When they had arrived at the Old Tower , the shrine was placed in the chapel , opposite to the criminal , who appeared kneeling , with the chains on his arms . Then one of the canons , having made him repeat the confession , said the prayers usual at the time of giving absolution ; after which service , the prisoner kneeling still , lifted up the shrine three times , amid the acclamations of the people assembled to behold the ceremony . The procession then returned to the cathedral , followed by the criminal , wearing a chaplet of flowers on his head , and carrying the shrine of the saint . After mass had been performed , he had a very serious exhortation addressed to him by a monk ; and , lastly , he was conducted to an apartment near the cathedral , and was supplied with refreshments and a bed for that night . In the morning he was dismissed .   This privilege was justified by the legend of the Gargouille , a fearsome dragon , and how St. Romain defeated him with the help of a prisoner . It was abolished in a famous night of the French Revolution .