Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

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Church building Major basilica Minor basilica in Rome Papal basilica Tourist attraction

The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, built over the traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul and renowned for its vast neoclassical interior and historic monastic complex.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura	1
St Paul Outside the Walls	1
Tomb of Saint Paul the Apostle	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church building ⓘ Major basilica ⓘ Minor basilica in Rome ⓘ Papal basilica ⓘ Tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ surface form: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura San Paolo fuori le Mura ⓘ Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ surface form: St Paul Outside the Walls
architectOfReconstruction	Luigi Poletti ⓘ
associatedWith	Pauline Year celebrations 2008–2009 ⓘ
builtOver	Traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul ⓘ
contains	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tomb of Saint Paul the Apostle
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
destroyedBy	Fire of 1823 ⓘ
distanceFromCityCenter	Outside the Aurelian Walls of Rome ⓘ
features	Apse mosaic ⓘ Cosmatesque cloister decoration ⓘ Large cloister ⓘ Long nave with double side aisles ⓘ Series of papal portraits ⓘ Triumphal arch mosaic ⓘ
foundedBy	Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ surface form: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great
governingBody	Holy See ⓘ
hasAtrium	Four-sided colonnaded atrium ⓘ
hasFunction	Parish church ⓘ Pilgrimage church ⓘ
hasMonasticComplex	Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ
isOneOf	Four major papal basilicas in Rome ⓘ
jurisdiction	Diocese of Rome ⓘ
liturgicalStatus	Station church of Rome ⓘ
locatedIn	Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ
locatedOn	Via Ostiense ⓘ
monasticOrder	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
originalConsecrationDate	324 ⓘ
originalConstructionStart	4th century ⓘ
otherMajorBasilica	Basilica of Saint John Lateran ⓘ surface form: Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran Basilica of Saint Mary Major ⓘ St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St Peter's Basilica
papalTitle	Papal basilica ⓘ
partOf	Roman Forum ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
rebuiltInStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
reconstructionCompletionYear	1854 ⓘ
reconstructionPeriod	19th century ⓘ
reconstructionStartYear	1823 ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ
UNESCOExtensionYear	1990 ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1980 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → alsoKnownAs → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → alsoKnownAs → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Paul Outside the Walls

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → contains → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of Saint Paul the Apostle

Rome → contains → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ

Rome → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Mary Major → otherMajorPapalBasilica → Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ