Old St. Peter's Basilica

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basilica church building demolished building early Christian church

Old St. Peter's Basilica was a 4th-century early Christian church in Rome, traditionally believed to be built over the tomb of Saint Peter and later replaced by the present St. Peter's Basilica.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old St. Peter’s Basilica	2
tomb of Saint Peter	2
Basilica of Saint Peter	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basilica ⓘ church building ⓘ demolished building ⓘ early Christian church ⓘ
apseLocation	west end ⓘ
architecturalStyle	early Christian ⓘ
architecturalType	basilica plan ⓘ
associatedWith	Constantinian shift ⓘ early Christian pilgrimage to Rome ⓘ
atriumName	Paradise ⓘ
builtOver	Old St. Peter's Basilica self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: tomb of Saint Peter
commissionedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great
completionDate	circa 333 ⓘ
constructionStart	circa 318 ⓘ reign of Constantine the Great ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Saint Peter
demolishedToMakeWayFor	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: new St. Peter's Basilica
demolitionEnd	circa 1626 ⓘ
demolitionStart	1506 ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
floorPlanType	Latin cross ⓘ
function	papal basilica ⓘ pilgrimage church ⓘ
hadAtrium	yes ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer extant ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
LatinName	Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus ⓘ
locatedIn	Rome ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ Vatican Hill ⓘ
mainEntranceOrientation	east ⓘ
notableFeature	Confessio of Saint Peter ⓘ surface form: Confessio over the tomb of Saint Peter five-aisled nave ⓘ large atrium courtyard ⓘ transept near the apse ⓘ
numberOfNaves	5 ⓘ
partOf	Vatican complex ⓘ
patron	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great
religion	Christianity ⓘ
replacedBy	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
servedAs	principal church of the papacy ⓘ
siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
successor	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: Renaissance St. Peter's Basilica
traditionallyBelievedToBeBuiltOver	tomb of Saint Peter ⓘ
usedFor	imperial ceremonies ⓘ papal liturgies ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Peter's Basilica → builtOnSiteOf → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

Old St. Peter's Basilica → builtOver → Old St. Peter's Basilica self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: tomb of Saint Peter

Pope Agatho → burialPlace → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

Pope Celestine IV → burialPlace → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basilica of Saint Peter

Pope Honorius I (posthumously) → burialPlace → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

subject surface form: Pope Honorius I

Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus → contains → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

this entity surface form: tomb of Saint Peter

Charlemagne → coronationPlace → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → crownedAt → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus → hasEnglishName → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old St. Peter’s Basilica

imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 → place → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old St. Peter’s Basilica

Pope Boniface IV → placeOfBurial → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ

Pope Hadrian I → placeOfBurial → Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ