Lateran and Laterano are the shared names of several buildings in Rome. The properties were once owned by the Lateranus family of the Roman Empire. The Laterani lost their properties to Emperor Constantine who gave them to the Catholic Church in 311.[1][2]
Late Baroque façade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, completed after a competition for the design by Alessandro Galilei in 1735View showing Archbasilica and PalaceBasilica and Palace - side view
lateran, juan, letrán, redirects, here, other, uses, juan, letrán, disambiguation, shared, names, several, buildings, rome, properties, were, once, owned, family, roman, empire, lost, their, properties, emperor, constantine, gave, them, catholic, church, late,. Juan de Letran redirects here For other uses see San Juan de Letran disambiguation Lateran and Laterano are the shared names of several buildings in Rome The properties were once owned by the Lateranus family of the Roman Empire The Laterani lost their properties to Emperor Constantine who gave them to the Catholic Church in 311 1 2 Late Baroque facade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran completed after a competition for the design by Alessandro Galilei in 1735View showing Archbasilica and PalaceBasilica and Palace side viewThe most famous Lateran buildings are the Lateran Palace once called the Palace of the Popes and the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran the cathedral of Rome which although part of Italy is a property of the Holy See which has extraterritorial privileges as a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaty As the official ecclesiastical seat of the pope Saint John Lateran is the papal cathedra The Lateran is Christendom s earliest basilica Attached to the basilica is the Lateran Baptistery one of the oldest in Christendom Other constituent parts of the Lateran complex are the building of the Scala Sancta with the Sancta Sanctorum and the Triclinium of Pope Leo III Another basilica in the neighborhood is San Clemente al Laterano The Pontifical Lateran University or simply Lateranum is one of the pontifical universities of Rome An ecclesiastical college in the Philippines was named after the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran the Colegio de San Juan de Letran founded in 1620 References edit Barnes Arthur Saint John Lateran The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 9 New York Robert Appleton Company 1910 16 Jul 2014 CHURCHES OF ROME CHRISTIANITY S FIRST CATHEDRAL www ewtn com External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lateran Scala Sancta Holy Stairs Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia Christian Museum of Lateran Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia Colegio de San Juan de Letran History nbsp This article about an Italian building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lateran amp oldid 1214351563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
