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Syracuse is a city in central New York State, near the Finger Lakes, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.

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Origins
Founded
Grew from Ephraim Webster's 1786 trading post on Onondaga Lake, on land whose brine springs, noted by the Jesuit Simon Le Moyne in 1654, fed a major salt industry; renamed Syracuse in 1820 for the Sicilian city. 1
Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own account
Roman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Syracuse, erected on 26 November 1886 by Pope Leo XIII, covering seven counties of central New York. 2
Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own account
English in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite alongside the vernacular. 3
Cross-Tradition Connections

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Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source
2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source
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