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Side altars came into existence for two separate reasons: in the Western Church, before the Second Vatican Council, the only concelebration (more than one priest celebrating a Mass) was during an ordination, the newly ordained would kneel by the altar and repeat the Eucharistic prayer - the Canon - along with the presiding Bishop or Priest. As every priest usually says Mass every day, and in some Churches, particularly Cathedral or monastic Churches there could be over a hundred priests all celebrating Mass each day. Side altars allowed them to say several Masses concurrently. Since the Second Vatican Council concelebration has been approved in more circumstances, so you often have all the priests celebrating the Conventual Mass instead of separate Masses on their own.
In the East, you could only say Mass (or the Divine Liturgy as it is called there) on any given altar only once in a day. So if another priest was to celebrate, or you had to say another Mass because of the size of the Church, you had to use another altar.
Thus a "side altar" in the Catholic church are all the altars in any given Church which are not the main "high" altar, which is always centrally located at the liturgical East of the nave. The new regulations for side altars specify that they should be few in number and located somewhat apart from the nave, for instance in its own chapel.
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