- Both the marble and the wood coverings required conservation, as did the frescoes on the side walls, so the Scala Sancta has been closed since work began.
- The story behind the Scala Sancta is truly riveting. That’s why we suggest you to include it on your bucket list for your next trip to Rome — you won’t regret it!
- The oldest of the 4 Papal Basilicas, St. John Lateran boasts a splendid façade, but it’s the Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) that will catch your eye.
- Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13505a.htm.
- What is the Scala Sancta? Also called the Holy Stairs or the Holy Staircase, it’s one of Rome’s most famous Catholic relics.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are, according to the Christian tradition, the steps that led up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate...
- With this in the back of my mind, I went to the Scala Sancta with my son a few days ago. ... There are lovely replicas of the Scala Sancta in the Americas