Like the Holy Sepulchre in Jeru-salem, this church is too important to stay in the hands of one denomination, so it is administered jointly by Greek Orthodox, Armenian, and Franciscan priests.
The church is maintained by religious leaders of multiple sects.
As the introduction to the Loeb edition says, In February 45 [a year before he wrote De Senectute] the death of his adored and only daughter drove him into a frenzy of writing in an effort to forget his grief.