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Statio
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<p>A statio (Latin for "position" or "location") is the place where, in the <a href="/facts/Roman_Rite/ET6mMUQm">Roman Rite</a>, a devotion to the <a href="/facts/Stations_of_the_Cross/4oFwlRJ0">stations of the Cross</a> is celebrated. </p><p>On specific station days, on which in the Late Roman Catholic <a href="/facts/Liturgy/GlxuzMSY">liturgy</a> of the <a href="/facts/Late_Antiquity/sPTl0dyD">Late Antiquity</a> a devotion to the stations of the Cross took place led by the <a href="/facts/Bishop/n2QGsDWx">bishop</a> or his representative, the bishop, the <a href="/facts/Clergy/IzdAVmsT">clergy</a> and the faithful gathered in an assembly church (<i>ecclesia collecta</i>) for a short service of worship (<i>collecta</i>). From there, they went on a <a href="/facts/Procession/61CuUnmp">procession</a> to the <a href="/facts/Station_church/rPDQnfDl">station church</a>. Sometimes the procession would stop at churches or shrines along the way to hold a short devotion to the stations of the Cross. Collecta processions took place on days of penance, such as the <a href="/facts/Ember_days/MyYpNh2g">ember days</a>, the feast of <a href="/facts/Candlemas/JhdGYrPx">Candlemas</a>, on <a href="/facts/Ash_Wednesday/yPeo60jL">Ash Wednesday</a> and several weekdays in <a href="/facts/Lent/DCjMp9Ly">Lent</a>. With the adoption of Roman liturgy in the Frankish region in the early <a href="/facts/Middle_Ages/RqzEKB9v">Middle Ages</a>, the Rite of the Collecta spread further. </p><p>In addition, the assembly of <a href="/facts/Officiant/mb7TaaQW">celebrants</a> and the element of liturgical services before the start of <a href="/facts/Church_service/G3aYpe6T">church services</a> and the gathering of the <a href="/facts/Convent/uTA7PAxy">convent</a> of a monastery before the <a href="/facts/Liturgy_of_the_hours/CpQrBktp">liturgy of the hours</a> in the <a href="/facts/Cloister/m6INpnFp">cloister</a> of the abbey was described as a <i>statio</i>. Likewise the term is commonly used for the intermediate stations during <a href="/facts/Christian_pilgrimage/u6L4Gsja">pilgrimages</a>, walks of penance and <a href="/facts/Procession/61CuUnmp">processions</a>, as well as the up to four stations in the procession to the outer altars during <a href="/facts/Corpus_Christi_(feast)/SgSw0TPM">Corpus Christi</a> processions. </p>