- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- What is the Scala Sancta? Also called the Holy Stairs or the Holy Staircase, it’s one of Rome’s most famous Catholic relics.
- 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”...
- The Scala Sancta is a set of 28 white marble steps that are Roman Catholic relics located in an edifice on an extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome...
- 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.
- Catholics climb the marble stairs of Scala Sancta at the Vatican
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- Scala Santa. Scala Sancta. Holy Steps. Rome.
- 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...