Rome Basilica St Paul Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mura)
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Uploaded by d015835 on Aug 1, 2010
In Rome less than a mile away from the Aurelian walls raises one of the four Rome Papal Basilicas, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (San Paolo Fuori le Mura in Italian).
Around the year AD 65 the Apostle Paul was sentenced to death and because he was Roman, he was taken outside the walls of Rome to be executed and buried. A church was built over the spot where he was beheaded and although illegal many Christians came to pray at Saint Paul's tomb. Once Christianity was legalized in AD 313 the Emperor Constantine built a small church over the saint's grave. A short time later a larger basilica was built in place of Constantine's church which was expanded again in the 8th century. Until the 16th century when a new Saint Peter's was built to claim the title of the largest church in Christendom, Saint Paul Outside the Walls was the largest church in Rome.
The enormous basilica is a faithful reconstruction, finished in 1854, of the ancient basilica which burned down in 1823. Parts of the original interior were rescued from the fire and have been extensively restored.
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is it true that there is a water spring on the spot where Paul's severed head fell to the ground??
mizzn88 3 months ago
@mizzn88 I am not sure, but there is a place to visit inside the church where, according to the church tradition, the apostle Paul is buried
d015835 3 months ago