The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
Multitude of Places of
Worship III Rome 4 AS IS n
t0nisheS Strange
ST.. PETE s FIN EST
C'HUR CHI lin WORLD
Visit to ST. John Laterar, Where
Popes Once Lived ;-- Pan NJ
81 theon& One oftthe Most sSs "a
Intere ting places lin
3 & Whole Y 81 Rome 55.
Other Churches

Other Churches.
BY Edwin Nv. Bowen. 81
H re IN ~ Tally July o. lie anger
within the gates OF Rome cannot fall to-
4 be impressed ii WI li5 tho multitude OF
churches. hey nre veryf,Yhere u III places
where one you'd expect To md d church,
q and I'M Ei.staSSS here az church would be
tho lust objet..::f orc would expect to see
Il In the Eternal City there sara 8sa Id TO be
& moro thaM four hundred churches. Some.
81 Of these churthos arc erected ION the&sIte
v OF an ancient pu gan temple and some OF
n the Old N temples were Az converted IA into
s. churches, fas, for example. he Pantheon
~ he iden of the early church filters
d seems to y have been 10 tear dOwn$8t he
"a stronghods OF pag tlisnl BY planting the
II cross w wherever n a heather altar had been
&erected, or wherever tho blood 8;oK the
sE martyrs had Sconsecrated d special spot or
& earth. Thus Christianity gradually. tri-f
O. utnnhed over; pngn n II ONE. VI; a
Yet wi il thls vast number OF churchcR4
some exceedingly orIa to and itlcent,
II and others VII h no 3architectural beauty
3What socyer, the Romans do not seem to
u lie more religious or deYout tina ii any
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& there r,ay ia so,;, 4 q. .,s,rna ~, ~ bia
Il Eli uslla lly the people drop into church
II singly or q few together, Worship inli--5,
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u Nod ira larpes ana I!rnoHt imposing
ctI,rch3ins ia world. tlo,,ui,Jbv no means
~, oidast Va ~ d II very
vancr, hIaE 10 a 4 ana q rhts Infer from
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st. Peters IS a noble an colossal con-
ception OF d succession Of architects, ex-3
B ecuted 4 IN stone, II you are Il looking for
the most impressive mad permanent i mon
Z ,,mei IA Nrjrhael Angelo 8 genius. behold
E So Pal er's i1ome EThe inferior decora =;
tons OF tho Cathed raj arc rict and ornate,
over elaborate and not quite III Keeping;
with the grand and rnajestl exterior.
Personally I, Va 4 took much pleasure II n
con temnlntin the superb furnishings and
4 Embellishments Of the Interior. from the.
apex of the dome 10 the handsome marble;
"a e 2, a foot . The beautiful fres-
Il Goes, n,osaics and paintings delighted us
b auI Ia rs Srnuch8as the colossal statues and
\ M, rble facIngs OF the walls and pillars,
The deliberately wrought tombs also 8chal-j
lenged our adrira tion. !8S 81 ~ g #
Wa az rived d &cer n degree Of pleasure
rom 4 "a ndIng on Il, circula + porphyry
3aIab @in{8the floor, rr egerved from tho old
Il mi led "a re- Of, which n Cha rIemagne stood
when crowned king In the year 800 s. We.
q Erntlf,od IN idle curiosity by inspecting
his coronation robes on that eventful oc-S
Cd sion, which one OF the Ca thedrnl attend
ants showed us. a The tooth OF time has
left It's lmpress upon them. and q, they DO g
% ,Les i 81 ~
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you 81 15,ii
ennences IN me city Us the M
aoll hhou!o WalK q
lean Gardens and zee 't'e soi''ssat ! Z
ture rom q, 4, =, 81, III Il.
nha uI.ss heir y
through these =. = h, !,
IA IN both sides
( ~ ina ron wny. 81 AT one OF the high
points ws' a nao cross o.
dlstant8 county, w ss
olive " w TGeh iii had erected III front
n ~ lila chanel along one ot his favor
beautliq, ~ s a. t xassSan
slrue 1,s g. ~ ~ III rich treasures az
iGsn aouSt Tie IS Pope at tines chates
under ne reatrlG.lohs 2, s beyond te
preelnnssi q has made the POPE pris
~. S ~ tha Va ienn. a 5 y 3g va
St. John Lateran 81
Next to ST. Peters In point Of historic
interest ranks. perhaps. the St John
4Interan Church, situated In the opposite
~ 4 az the city. This fine old church
, ps to be the cathedral, and the Pope
mad his residence here Tor cen Iurles,-S
frnm the time OF Constantine 70 me MI,
& .,,mtion5 TO Ayignon. The church used
q $3.50 IL ilad the T3asllica OF Constantine,