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Although Saint Peter at the Vatican is more famous, the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano is officially the cathedral of Rome and the mother church of all Catholic churches, the seat of the Bishop of Rome in his role as Pope. Founded in the early fourth century by the emperor Constantine, it stands on the site of an ancient palace given to the church by his predecessors. The basilica was the principal church of the city for almost a thousand years before the papacy moved its main residence t...