Titular Church
a name given to the parish churches of Rome, as distinct from the patriarchal churches, which belonged to the Pope, and from the oratories. Each titular church was under a cardinal priest, had a district assigned to it, and a font for baptism in case of necessity.
TITTMAN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (tit'män), a German historian; born in Wittenberg in 1784. His "Study on the Amphictyonic League" (1812) was crowned by the Berlin Academy. His principal work is a "History of Henry the Illustrious' (2 vols. 1845-1846).
Among his other writings are: "A View of the Civilization of our Times" (1835); "On Life and Matter" (1855); "Aphorisms of Philosophy" (1850); "Nationality and the State" (1861). He died in 1864.