The Basilica of San Lorenzo in Damaso gets its name from Pope Damasus I, who held the papacy from 366 to 384 AD. He is known as the pope who commissioned Jerome to translate the Bible into the Latin Vulgate. Unlike the other churches bearing the name of Lorenzo, there are no relics or physical elements related to Saint Lawrence. Instead, Damasus was an admirer of Saint Lawrence and built the church over his own home. San Lorenzo in Damaso is a titulus church.