The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 137
. An important step taken at once by Calixtus was to forbidthe fortification of churches ; but that he did not deprive S.Peter of its defences is shown by subsequent events. TheLateran had been uninhabitable ever since the fire; he beganto restore it — both church and palace. He also repaired the… … S. Clemente, restored as it was in the Twelfth Century. plete their decoration. Under him was completed the recon-struction of S. Clemente, S. Maria in Cosmedin and otherchurches. The days of Honorius II (1124-1130) were passed in an ab-solute tranquillity that gave the best opportunity for…
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