1835 print BASILICA OF ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS, ROME

Description: 1835 print BASILICA OF ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS, ROME, ITALY Print from steel engraving titled St. Paul hors les murs, published in a volume of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris, approx. image size 8.5 x 13.5 cm, nice hand coloring. Click image or here to view larger version Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls or St Paul-without-the-Walls (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura) is one of four churches considered to be the great ancient basilicas of Rome. As well as St Paul's, the Roman Catholic church counts among the four papal basilicas or major basilicas of Rome[1]: the basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Peter's. Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, named in 2009, is the current archpriest of this basilica. The basilica was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine I over the burial place of Saint Paul, where it was said that, after the Apostle's execution, his followers erected a memorial, called a cella memoriae, over his grave. This first edifice was expanded under Valentinian I. In 386, Emperor Theodosius I began the erection of a much larger and more beautiful basilica with a nave and four aisles with a transept; the work including the mosaics was not completed till the pontificate of Leo I (440-461). In the 5th century it was even larger than the Old St. Peter's Basilica. The Christian poet Prudentius, who saw it at the time of emperor Honorius (395–423), describes the splendours of the monument in a few expressive lines. As it was dedicated also to Saints Taurinus and Herculanus, martyrs of Ostia in the 5th century, it was called the basilica trium Dominorum ("basilica of Three Lords"). Under Gregory the Great (590-604) the basilica was again extensively modified: the pavement was raised, in order to place the altar directly over Paul's tomb. A confession permitted the access to the Apostle's sepulcher. In that period there were two monasteries near the basilica: St. Aristus's for men and St. Stefano's for women. Masses were carried out by a special body of clerics instituted by Pope Simplicius. In the course of time the monasteries and the clergy of the basilica declined; Pope Saint Gregory II restored the former and entrusted the monks with the care of the basilica. As it lay outside the Aurelian Walls, the basilica was damaged during the Saracen invasions in the 9th century. In consequence of this Pope John VIII (872-882) fortified the basilica, the monastery, and the dwellings of the peasantry, forming the town of Joannispolis (Italian: Giovannipoli) which existed until 1348, when an earthquake totally destroyed it. Please e-mail me if you have any questions. Buyer pays shipping at cost. Buyer pays shipping at cost. I prefer payment by PayPal, but I'll also accept any other payment method and currency (except direct payment by credit card) that is convenient for buyer. I combine shipping of multiple items. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SHIPPING: Price quoted with auction is for surface mail, which is the same regardless of destination. When auction ends I can give you option of airmail and insurance if you want. If shipping address is within continental Europe I recommend surface mail, you don't gain much time with airmail, it is just more expensive.

Price: 18.9 USD

Location: Zagreb, Croatia

End Time: 2025-02-01T20:15:09.000Z

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