Text and Illustrations from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Double of the Second Class.
White Vestments.
Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistae et Evangelistae in Laterano
Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.
English: Main façade of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Rome) by Alessandro Galilei, 1735.
Italiano: Facciata principale della Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Roma),
progettata da Alessandro Galilei (1735).
Français : Façade principale de la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran (Rome)
par Alessandro Galilei, 1735.
Among the rich and splendid Roman Basilicas where the ceremonies of Christian worship were celebrated in great pomp, after the era of persecution, there is one of First Rank, whose dedication is solemnised on this anniversary.
The Palace of the Lateran on the Coelian Hill belonged to Fausta, the wife of Emperor Constantine. The Emperor, after his conversion, gave it to the Pope as his private residence, and founded there the Church of the Lateran, which became the mother and mistress of all the Churches of Rome and of the world.
On 9 November 324 A.D., Pope Saint Sylvester consecrated it under the name of Basilica of Saint Saviour. This was the first public consecration of a Church. A long time after, under Pope Lucius II in the 12th-Century, it was dedicated to Saint John The Baptist, whose name had been given to the adjoining Baptistry. Wherefore, it has been given, nowadays, the title of Saint John Lateran.
The above Illustration was taken from Una Voce of Orange County web-site at http://uvoc.org/, which reproduced it, with the kind permission of St. Bonaventure Press, from
The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, 1952 Edition.
In this Basilica, and the adjoining Palace, were held, from the 4th-Century to the 16th-Centuries, more than twenty-five Councils, of which five were ecumenical. On the most solemn days, the Station of the Day was held there. Holy Orders were conferred there; penitents were reconciled; catechumens were baptised on Easter Day, and, as neophytes, they came there in procession during the whole Easter Octave.
English: Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Vatican, located in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
With its length of 400 feet, this Basilica ranks 15th among the largest Churches in the world.
Français : Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran, Vatican, située à Rome, Latium, Italie.
Avec sa longueur de 121,84 mètres, cette Basilique se classe au 15è rang parmi
les plus grandes églises au monde.
Photo: September 2010.
Author: Tango7174.
(Wikimedia Commons)
At Saint John Lateran is inaugurated, on the first Sunday in Lent, the great Liturgical Season consecrated to Penance; there is held the assemblies on Palm Sunday and on Rogation Tuesday; there are carried out the ceremonies of Maundy Thursday and Easter Eve and Mass is celebrated on Saturday in Albis and on the eve of Pentecost.
The Church, which had been destroyed, was rebuilt and consecrated anew by Pope Benedict XIII, in 1726, and the commemoration of this consecration was fixed, as that of the first Church, on 9 November.
Mass: Terribilis.
In Low Masses, Commemoration is made of Saint Theodore.
First and Second Vespers: As in The Common Of The Dedication Of A Church.
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