St Peter Sculpture San Juan De Letrán Is The Oldest Church In The World.Roma Italy Editorial Image

San Juan de Letrán is the oldest church in the world. Rome Italy.That is why she receives the title of Head and Mother of all the churches. When the persecutions ceased, at the beginning of the IV century, the emperor Constantine yielded to the Pope the Lateran Palace pre-existent to the church, so that it was his official residence. Letrán was the headquarters of the Catholic Church for more than 1,000 years, until the fourteenth century when the Popes moved to the Vatican.