The façade as it appears today was completed in 1735. It reads in Latin: "Clemens XII Pont Max Anno V Christo Salvatori In Hon SS Ioan Bapt et Evang"; this highly abbreviated inscription is expanded thus: "Clemens XII, PontMax[imus, Anno V, [dedicavit hoc aedificium Christo Salvatori, in hon[sanctorum IoanBapt[tistae et Evang". This translates as "Pope Clement XII, Pontifex Maximus, in the fifth year of his reign, dedicated this building to Christ the Savior, in honor of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist". Galilei's façade removed all vestiges of traditional, ancient, basilical architecture and imparted a neo-classical facade.