- The Scala Sancta is a major stop on the Pilgrims Trail and if you visit this site near the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran you could receive you indulgence.
- Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13505a.htm.
- Once this chapel, first mentioned in the eighth century and called the Sancta Sanctorum or Holy of Holies, was the private oratory of medieval popes.
- What is the Scala Sancta? Also called the Holy Stairs or the Holy Staircase, it’s one of Rome’s most famous Catholic relics.
- Scala Sancta. 5 years ago. ... The scala sancta is located in the church across the street from St. Giovanni in Lateranno just down the road from the colosseum.
- The Scala Sancta or Holy Stairs are composed of 28 marble white marble steps. ... In the 1700s the Scala Sancta were encased in wood in order to protect them.
- It is believed that Jesus climbed these stairs several times the day he was sentenced to death, thus, they are known as the “Scala Pilati” or “Scala Sancta”...
- Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs). Info. Nearby (974). ... In the Middle Ages they were known as Scala Pilati, the Stairs of Pilate.
- Scala Sancta in the Catholic Church. Climbing the Holy Stairs on one's knees is a devotion much in favour with pilgrims and the faithful.