Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

The basilica marks the burial place of the great convert and Apostle to the Gentiles, St. Paul.

Introduction

As early as A.D. 200, the burial place of the great Apostle in the Via Ostia was marked by a cella memoriæ, near which the Catacomb of Comodilla was established. Constantine, according to the "Liber Pontificalis", transformed it into basilica; in 386 Theodosius began the erection of a much larger and more beautiful basilica, but the work including the mosaics was not completed till the pontificate of St. Leo the Great.

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1. Courtyard Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
2. Central Nave
3. Tomb
4. Apse
5. Transcept 1
6. Transcept 2
7. Baptistery
8. Cloister
9. Museum