Impressions of Italy: Roman Churches

**Basilica of St. John Lateran**
**The Main or East Façade**
Main/East Façade, facing Piazza di Porta San Giovanni	Christ and the Saints	Dedicatory Inscription
St. Gregory the Great and St. John the Baptist	Jesus Christ the Savior	St. John the Evangelist and St. Jerome

Statues of Saints atop the Façade

Dedicatory Inscription

St. Bonaventure, by B. Casoni (left side, not visible from front)
St. Bernard, by T. Brandini (left side, not visible from front)
St. John Chrysostom, by G. Frascari
St. Athanasius, by P. l’Eastache
St. Ambrose, by A. Benaglia
St. Gregory the Great, by Giovanni Battista de Rossi
St. John the Baptist, by B. Pincellotti
Jesus Christ the Savior, by P. Benaglia
St. John the Evangelist, by D. Scaramuccia
St. Jerome, by A. Corsini
St. Augustine, by B. Ludovisi
St. Basil, by G. Riccardi
St. Gregory Nazianzus, by C. Taodardini
St. Thomas Aquinas, by P. Latour (right side, not visible from front)
St. Eusebius of Vercelli, by G. F. Lazzoni (right side, not visible from front)

Latin Text:

SACROS LATERAN ECCLES
OMNIUM URBIS ET ORBIS
ECCLESIARUM MATER
ET CAPUT

English Translation:

HOLY LATERAN CHURCH,
MOTHER AND HEAD
OF ALL CHURCHES
IN THE CITY AND THE WORLD

**Statues of the Apostles inside St. John Lateran**
St. Peter	St. Peter	St. Peter's Face	St. Peter's Keys
St. Paul	St. Paul's Face	St. Paul's Hand	St. Paul's Sword
St. Matthew	St. Matthew	St. Matthew's Face	St. Matthew's Gospel

**Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls - Main Façade**
The Main Façade Frescoes from 1885	Jesus Enthroned with SS. Peter & Paul	Jesus as the Lamb and the Rivers of Life

Unless otherwise noted, all photos on this page were taken by me in June 1999, while I was teaching in the Summer Study Abroad Program of Loyola Marymount University.
Thanks to LMU for covering most of my expenses during that program.

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	St. Paul Statue in the Courtyard	Main Portal St. Paul w/ Book and Sword