Nov 1, 2017
The ceiling of the Lateran Baptistery, Rome. It was restored by Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) and the octagonal ceiling over the font dates from that period.
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The ceiling of the Lateran Baptistery, Rome. It was restored by Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) and the octagonal ceiling over the font dates from that period.
The station church for Palm Sunday is once again the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. Its baptistry, which is a structure separate from the basilica and built as early as 440, is as beautifully decorated and large as any church, containing many side chapels of its own.