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<\/a>It wasn\u2019t until after the legalization of Christianity by Emperor Constantine that churches as public buildings were built, the first one in Rome being the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. The model for these churches were Roman basilicas, public buildings designed to hold large assemblies in the forum of Roman cities. I will write more on this later in Lent on the day Saint John Lateran is the station.<\/p>\nAll pictures are mine, all rights reserved<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today\u2019s Lenten Station in Rome is the Church of Saint Balbina. This small church sits at the foot of the Aventine Hill and is not visited often, mostly because it only opens to the public one hour per week for Sunday Mass. This is one of the best preserved ancient churches of Rome. In the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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