Rome Unveiled: Cardinal Cesare Baronio and San Giovanni in Laterano

By Filip Malesevic

This book offers new insights into the history of Rome's Basilica of San
Giovanni in Laterano through the perspective of curial ceremony. It
traces the probable contribution by the eminent Oratorian and cardinal,
Cesare Baronio, in designing a sophisticated iconographic program for
the transept inside this prominent Roman church edifice during Clement
VIII's (Aldobrandini's) pontificate. Moreover, the book provides the
first full reconstruction of the history and curial interventions at the
ancient Constantinian Patriarchum Lateranensis during the second half
of the 16th century on the basis of hitherto unknown documents from
Roman and other Italian archives and libraries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111434710
• ISBN13: 9783111434711
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.5"