St Paul Outside the Walls Rome Italy is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on February 17th, 2018.
St Paul Outside the Walls Rome Italy
St. Paul’s Outside the Walls (San Paolo Fuori le Mura) is not exactly on the beaten path in Rome Italy, and in fact was originally build 2 km... more
by Joan Carroll
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St Paul Outside the Walls Rome Italy
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Joan Carroll
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St. Paul’s Outside the Walls (San Paolo Fuori le Mura) is not exactly on the beaten path in Rome Italy, and in fact was originally build 2 km outside the city walls. But along with the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, it is one of the four highest ranking churches in the Catholic hierarchy. At the beginning of the 4th century, with the end of the persecutions and the promulgation of the Edicts of Tolerance in favor of Christianity, Emperor Constantine ordered the excavation of the cella memoriae, the place where Christians venerated the memory of Saint Paul the Apostle, beheaded under Nero around 65-67 A.D. Above his grave, Constantine built a Basilica which was consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324. The church grew in size and in artistic embellishments through the Paleo-Christian, Byzantine, Renaissance and Baroque periods until it was the biggest Basilica in Rome until the consecration of the Basilica of St Peter in 1626. But in 1823 a fire destroyed the structure. It has since been reconstructed and was re-consecrated in 1840. The façade is early Christian in style with scenes of Rome and the Holy Land. The statue in the courtyard is of Paul holding his sword, the instrument of his martyrdom.
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