Ostiarius
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An ostiarius, a Latin word sometimes anglicized as ostiary but often literally translated as porter or doorman, originally was a slave or guard posted at the entrance of a building, similarly to a gat
Mosaic depicting a man in a tunic watching a street scene from the Villa del Cicerone in Pompeii, 1st century CE
Sacristan
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A sacristan is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents.
Ostiarius
…Church the office of ostiary universally remained only one of the degrees of ordination and the actual work of the ostiary was transferred to the laity (sacristans, sextons, etc.). In the ordination of ostiaries their duties are thus enumerated in the Pontifical: "Percutere cymbalum et campanam, aperire ecclesiam…
A sacristan
Le bedeau de Kerlaz, painting by Jules Breton (1868)
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