Curia (disambiguation)

Curia may refer to:

in Roman antiquity

• Curia, one of the ten subdivisions of each of the three Roman tribes. Also of similar divisions in other cities.
• The building belonging to a Roman curia, serving mainly as its place of worship, see Ancient Roman religion
• the building of the Roman senate, see Curia Julia

Christianity

• Curia (Roman Catholic Church), a group of officials who assist in the governance of a particular Church within Roman Catholicism
• Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
• any Ecclesiastical court

feudalism

• the Middle Latin term for a feudal court, see Court (royal)
• the Middle Latin term for a court of law, see Legal history (medieval)

taxonomy

• Curia herb (Justicia pectoralis), also known as tilo
• Ayapana triplinervis, a tropical plant

toponymy

• The Latin name for Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland

European Union

• As CURIA - abbreviation (also CVRIA) for Court of Justice of the European Union. See http://www.curia.europa.eu

People named Curia:

• Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius) (circa 60-5 BC), ancient Roman woman who hid her husband
• Francesco Curia (1538-1610), Italian painter