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Scala Sancta (Rome) | christianity, place with historical importance, religion, shrine, stairs / steps

Italy / Lazio / Rome
 christianity, place with historical importance, religion, shrine, stairs / steps
The Scala Santa, or Holy Staircase.
The 28 marble stairs (covered with wood), carefully preserved in this handsome building are traditionally the steps walked up by Christ on his way to trial before Pontius Pilate. St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, was a pioneering collector of relics, and the staircase is supposedly among her finds, brought to Rome in c.326 AD.

Devout pilgrims still mount the steps on their knees, sacrificially praying for others.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_Sancta
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Coordinates:   41°53'13"N   12°30'24"E

Comments

  • 007 (guest)
    There are the so called Holy Steps, where pilgrims and faithful go for going up the steps on their knees, for devotion, being steps that contain sacred relics.
  • Catholicus
    the steps Do NOT, 'contain relics' but are considered relics (from the Holy land) themselves. pax
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