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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 2829679, member: 5795&quot;]Well, this piece is not a Papal fidget spinner : )) after all. It is a Lateran cross associated with an upgrade to the interior of St. John&#039;s Lateran church in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Wiki, &quot;The Lateran Cross was commissioned by Pope <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_XIII" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_XIII" rel="nofollow">Leo XIII</a>, and instituted on February 18, 1903. The distinction was created as a recognition of merit, and is named in honor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._John_in_Lateran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._John_in_Lateran" rel="nofollow">Basilica of St. John in Lateran</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a>. Initially, it was awarded for donations regarding the restoration of the Lateran Basilica.&quot;[2]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coincidently, I already had a 1851 Papal medal of Pius IX featuring the basilica of St. John&#039;s Lateran.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]666726[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]666727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]666728[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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