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San Lorenzo in Damaso - Tuesday, Fourth Week of Lent

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.

Rick Bessey

Mar 172 min read

A detailed view of the golden 9th-century apse mosaic in the Basilica di San Marco in Rome . The central figure of Christ, dressed in a dark robe and holding an open book, stands upon a platform marked with the Alpha and Omega . To the far left, Pope Gregory IV is depicted with a blue square halo—indicating he was alive at the time—offering a model of the church to Christ . He is accompanied by Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Felicissimus . To the right of Christ stand Pope Saint Mark, Saint Agapitus, and Saint Agnes . At the base of the scene, twelve lambs representing the Apostles process from the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem toward the central Lamb of God . The top of the arch is adorned with the symbols of the four Evangelists in circular medallions .

San Marco - Monday, Third Week of Lent

San Marco is among he oldest churches in Rome, and you may be surprised to hear that you have passed by it. If you have stood at the Wedding Cake and looked out at the Piazza Venezia, you have seen this church - without even noticing it! It shares a wall with the Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of Mussolini's government, and faces the Wedding Cake Monument. The Piazza Venezia and the open space in front of the church of San Marco create a large open space together in the

Rick Bessey

Mar 93 min read