The Lateran Palace (Latin: Palatium Lateranense; Italian: Palazzo del Laterano), formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran (Latin: Palatium Apostolicum Lateranense), is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main papal residence in southeast Rome.
Located on St. John's Square in Lateran on the Caelian Hill, the palace is adjacent to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral church of Rome. The wealthy Lateran (Laterani) family held the palace estate during the Roman Empire, and the estate eventually came into the hands of the Emperor Constantine. From the fourth century, the palace was the principal residence of the popes, and continued so for about a thousand years until the Apostolic Residence ultimately moved to the nearby Vatican. The palace is now used by the Vatican Historical Museum, which illustrates the history of the Papal States. The palace also houses the offices of the Vicariate of Rome, as well as the residential apartments of the Cardinal Vicar, the pope's delegate for the daily administration of the diocese. Until 1970, the palace was also home to the important collections of the Lateran Museum, now dispersed among other parts of the Vatican Museums.
Following the Lateran Treaty of 1929, the palace and adjoining basilica are extraterritorial properties of the Holy See.[Notes 1] Cite error: There are <ref group=Notes> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Notes}} template (see the help page).
The LateranPalace (Latin: Palatium Lateranense; Italian: Palazzo del Laterano), formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran (Latin: Palatium Apostolicum...
from an ancient Roman family (gens), whose palace (domus) grounds occupied the site; the adjacent LateranPalace was the primary residence of the pope until...
The most famous Lateran buildings are the LateranPalace, once called the Palace of the Popes, and the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral...
Roman Question. The treaty and associated pacts were named after the LateranPalace where they were signed on 11 February 1929, and the Italian parliament...
the palace of Empress Fausta where the LateranPalace, the papal seat and residence of the papal administration, would be built. At the Lateran Council...
The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the LateranPalace next to the Lateran Basilica. Ranking...
The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the LateranPalace in Rome on 11 November 1215...
Symmachus built a papal palace close to the Old St. Peter's Basilica which served an alternative residence to the LateranPalace. The construction of a...
with a Christian cross and installed in its present location near the LateranPalace. Originally, the obelisk was created by Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425...
to call the Tenth Ecumenical Council. The council assembled at the LateranPalace and nearly a thousand prelates attended. In his opening statement Innocent...
coming from the River Tiber and likewise the unhealthy conditions of the LateranPalace, chose the Quirinal hill as it was one of the most suitable places in...
Sanctorum at the top of the Scala Sancta in a surviving part of the old LateranPalace in Rome. The legend is that this image was begun by Luke the Evangelist...
768 to his death. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the LateranPalace during the reign of Pope Zachary. In the midst of a tumultuous contest...
Saint Martha's House, the Vatican hotel where Pope Francis resides LateranPalace, Rome, Italy – used from the 4th century until 1309 Palais des Papes...
the sacred Lateranpalace). The connection to the actual LateranPalace in Rome was merely symbolic. The Lateran was a former imperial palace under the...
Santuario della Scala Santa), and incorporates part of the old Papal LateranPalace. Replica stairs flank the original staircase, which may only be climbed...
and the Pontifical Beda College). LateranPalace, Lateran University, the Scala Santa and adjoining buildings, Palace of St Callixtus (Palazzo San Callisto)...
The Lateran Museum (Museo Lateranense) was a museum founded by the Popes and housed in the LateranPalace, adjacent to the Archbasilica of Saint John...
within Rome, Italy. It became independent from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty, and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive...
been quite considerable, the Roman patrimony not least among them. The LateranPalace was gifted to the patrimony, most probably from Constantine himself...
from the excavations here and from other ancient Italian sites. Imperial palaces were built there, starting with Augustus. Before imperial times the hill...
head and hand were displayed between the church of St John Lateran and the LateranPalace, near the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, which was then...
official's great-grandson, Pope John XII, held orgies of debauchery in the LateranPalace. Emperor Otto I had John accused in an ecclesiastical court, which deposed...
including the first cars used by Popes. The LateranPalace, which is next to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran to its left within the courtyard of the church...
period, though some are very significant. The Lateran era began when the library moved to the LateranPalace and lasted until the end of the 13th century...
The Fifth Council of the Lateran, held between 1512 and 1517, was the eighteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and was the last council before...
number of medieval references mention a "wolf" standing in the Pope's LateranPalace. In the 10th-century Chronicon of Benedict of Soracte, the monk chronicler...
Although the "Donation" never occurred, Constantine did hand over the LateranPalace to the bishop of Rome, and began the construction of Old Saint Peter's...
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