Lateran Palace

Noun

Meaning

a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century

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Otto proceeded to besiege Rome, taking Leo with him, and when the Romans eventually surrendered to Otto, Leo was reinstalled in the Lateran Palace as pope. Source: Internet

Lots of popes who were asking for celibacy were openly married and lived with their wives and children in the Lateran palace (IXth c.), and after that they kept lovers anc concubines. Source: Internet

It is clear that there was certainly a sense from the public of disgust at his reign, as his body was dragged through the streets, stripped naked until it was left beneath Marcus Aurelius’s statue in front of the Lateran Palace. Source: Internet

Life Paul and his brother Stephen had been educated for the priesthood at the Lateran palace. Source: Internet

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