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Lateran
Lateran Lat"er*an, n. The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. Note: The name is said to have been derived from that of the Laterani family, who possessed a palace on or near the spot where the church now stands. In this church several ecclesiastical councils, hence called Lateran councils, have been held.

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- Lateran and Laterano are names for an area of Rome, and the shared names of several buildings in Rome. The properties were once owned by the Later****...
- Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World, and commonly known as the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran) is the Catholic...
- The Lateran Treaty (Italian: Patti Lateranensi; Latin: Pacta Lateranensia) was one component of the Lateran Pacts of 1929, agreements between the Kingdom...
- The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed...
- The Lateran Palace (Latin: Palatium Lateranense; Italian: Palazzo del Laterano), formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran (Latin: Palatium Apostoli****...
- The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 November...
- The Lateran Baptistery (Italian: Battistero lateranense, also known as San Giovanni in Fonte or San Giovanni in Onda) stands apart from the Archbasilica...
- The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the Lateran Palace next to the Lateran Basilica. Ranking...
- The Fifth Council of the Lateran, held between 1512 and 1517, was the eighteenth e****enical council of the Catholic Church and was the last council before...
- The Second Council of the Lateran was the tenth e****enical council recognized by the Catholic Church. It was convened by Pope Innocent II in April 1139...