S. Paulus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 29, 2025 07:39 PM
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History
One of Rome's four major papal basilicae, S. Paulus was founded by Constantine I in the early fourth century A.D. and expanded by Valentinian I in the 370s. The basilica, with many renovations, repairs, and improvements, stood until the 19th century, when it was destroyed in a fire. The reconstructed basilica only generally resembles the original structure.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423052
41.8586948397, 12.4768467912
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italian, modern)
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (English, modern)
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- S. Paulus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- S. Paulus part of (physical/topographic) Roma (unspecified date range)
- S. Paulus located on Via Ostiensis (unspecified date range)
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church, basilica, church, monastery (deprecated)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B2 S. Paulus
Tradition holds that S. Paulus was established on the site of the purported burial place for the Christian martyr Paul of Tarsus. A monument known as cella memoriae was erected there, and Constantine I founded the basilica on the site. Pope Sylvester consecrated the basilica in 324 CE.
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'S. Paulus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423052> [accessed: 20 June 2025]
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