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  • Italy, Rome
  • geo:41.884445,12.479722

Period or year

  • 386 / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Basilica Sancti Pauli extra muros, Rome

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Basilica Sancti Pauli extra mœnia lies within the Vatican's extraterritoriality. , it was constructed outside the city's Aurelian Walls. The original basilica founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine I over the burial place of Paul of Tarsus.

See:

  1. Andre Grabar, L'Âge d'or de Justinien, de la mort de Théodose à l'Islam, Paris 1966
  2. https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_paolo/en/basilica/storia.htm
  3. St. Paul's Tomb Unearthed in Rome- web.archive.org/web/20061213080313/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061211-saint-paul.html
  4. St Paul burial place 'confirmed' - https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/8221/st-paul-burial-place-confirmed

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-11-17) , last updated by Jeffrey A. Becker (2026-06-20), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/23439
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta and A. Becker, J., Basilica Sancti Pauli extra muros, Rome. https://vici.org/vici/23439, accessed 2026-11-13.