Date: 1302 ca

 

• The monument is Tomb of Cardinal Gerardo Bianchi of Parma. Cardinal Bianchi (1302 d) was St. John Lateran's first archpriest

 

• Originally the title of archpriest included a level of authority over other priests but this survives today as a merely honorary title. The office of archpriest was instituted around 1299 by Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303)