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La Madonna Consolatrice degli Afflitti, miraculous picture, ii. 221

Lanfranco, tomb of, ii. 385

Laocoon, the, ii. 309

Lares, shrine of the, i. 382

Lateran, obelisk of the, ii. 95; baptistery of, 96; cloisters of, 104; five General Councils held at, 105; ancient palace of, 108; modern palace of, 114; Christian Museum, 117; Picture Gallery, 118; School of Music, 121

Libraries, i. 29 Barberini, i. 437 Bibliotheca Casanatensis, ii. 222 of the Collegio Romano, i. 88 Corsini, ii. 445 of the Chiesa Nuova, ii. 167 of Palazzo Chigi, i. 76 of Santa Croce, ii. 131 of the Vatican, ii. 322

Locanda dell' Orso, ii. 223

Loggie of Raphael, ii. 337

Lorenzo, St., almsgiving of, i. 333; sketch of life of, ii. 137; trial of i. 283; martyrdom of, i. 446; burial-place of, 143; cemetery of, 144

Lottery, Roman weekly drawing of the, ii. 198

Loyola, Ignatius, residence of, i. 107; church where he was wont to preach, ii. 170

Lunatic Asylum, ii. 439

Lunghezza, ii. 135

Lupercal, the, i. 290

Luther, residence of, in Rome, i. 42