page_title: Southern Europe
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Southern Europe / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: The map of the eastern/western allegiances in 1054 with the former country borders. Please, even if you trust only the modern national points of view about the past, don't erase the existence of the orthodox slavs and others in Eastern Hungary (proven by slavonic inscriptions Црковнъ писаный). Thank you. Español: El mapa de las creencias en el este/oeste en 1054 con las fronteras del país anterior. Por favor, incluso si solo confía en los puntos de vista nacionales modernos sobre el pasado, no borre la existencia de Bogomils en los Balcanes y de los eslavos ortodoxos y otros en el este de Hungría (comprobado por las inscripciones eslavas Црковнъ писаный). Gracias. Deutsch: Karte über das Morgenländische Schisma mit den ehemaligen Landesgrenzen. Bitte, auch wenn Sie nur an moderne nationale Meinungen über die Vergangenheit glauben, löschen Sie nicht die Anwesenheit von Orthodoxen in Ostungarn, die durch die Inschriften Црковнъ писаный bewiesen werden. Danke. Magyar: A nagy kelet-nyugati egyházszakadás térképe az 1054-nek megfelelő határokkal.
context_page_description: Southern Europe is the southern region of the European continent. Most definitions of Southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Andorra, Southern France and Corsica, Monaco, Italy, the Vatican City, San Marino, Malta, Albania, Greece, and East Thrace. In addition, the Balkan states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia, are also often included in the definition due to their proximity to the Mediterranean, though some of these countries may alternatively be deemed Southeastern Europe or even Eastern Europe.
  Different methods can be used to define Southern Europe, including its political, economic, and cultural attributes. Southern Europe can also be defined by its natural features — its geography, climate, and flora. Politically, seven of the Southern European states form the EU Med group.
context_section_description: The predominant religion in Southern Europe is Christianity. Christianity spread throughout Southern Europe during the Roman Empire, and Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380 AD. 
  Due to the historical break of the Church into the western half based in Rome and the eastern half based in Constantinople, different denominations of Christianity are prominent in different parts of Europe.
  Christians in the western half of Southern Europe — e.g., Portugal, Spain, Italy — are generally Roman Catholic. Christians in the eastern half of Southern Europe — e.g., Greece, North Macedonia — are generally Eastern Orthodox. Islam is widely practiced in Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Muslims are a significant minority in several countries of Southern Europe- e.g., Greece, Italy, Spain.
  Judaism was practiced widely throughout the European continent within the Roman Empire from the 2nd century. Throughout the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of ritual murder, faced pogroms and legal discrimination.
caption: The religious distribution in 1054[13]
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