St. Peter's Basilica

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Renaissance architecture Roman Catholic church basilica church building pilgrimage site tourist attraction

St. Peter's Basilica is a monumental Renaissance church in Vatican City, renowned as one of the holiest Catholic shrines and a masterpiece of architecture and art.

Aliases (30)

St. Peter’s Basilica ×16
Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ×3
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City ×3
St Peter's Basilica ×2
St Peter’s Basilica ×2
façade of St. Peter’s Basilica ×2
Baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ×1
Baldachin of St. Peter ×1
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano ×1
Basilica of Saint Peter ×1
Basilica of St. Peter ×1
Interior of St. Peter’s Basilica ×1
New St. Peter’s Basilica ×1
Papal altar of St. Peter's Basilica ×1
Renaissance St. Peter's Basilica ×1
St. Peter's Basilica (early design phase) ×1
St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes ×1
St. Peter's Basilica colonnade ×1
St. Peter's Basilica treasury ×1
St. Peter’s Basilica apse ×1
St. Peter’s Basilica complex ×1
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City ×1
Throne of Saint Peter ×1
Vatican Basilica ×1
dome of St. Peter's Basilica ×1
facade of St. Peter's Basilica ×1
narthex of St. Peter’s Basilica ×1
new St. Peter's Basilica ×1
papal high altar of St. Peter's Basilica ×1
rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance architecture → Roman Catholic church → basilica → church building → pilgrimage site → tourist attraction →
architect	Carlo Maderno → Donato Bramante → Gian Lorenzo Bernini → Michelangelo → Raphael →
architecturalStyle	Baroque → surface form: "Baroque architecture" Renaissance architecture →
builtOnSiteOf	Old St. Peter's Basilica →
capacity	over 60,000 people →
completionDate	1626 →
consecrationDate	1626 →
constructionStartDate	1506 →
containsWork	St. Peter's Basilica → surface form: "Baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini" Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini → Michelangelo's Pietà → monuments to various popes → statue of Saint Peter Enthroned →
country	Vatican City →
dedicatedTo	Apostle Peter → surface form: "Saint Peter"
denomination	Roman Catholic →
floorArea	approximately 15,160 square metres →
hasPart	Apse → St. Peter's Basilica → surface form: "Baldachin of St. Peter" Chair of Saint Peter → Confessio of Saint Peter → Nave → Papal Altar → Pietà Chapel → St. Peter's Basilica → surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes" St. Peter's Square → Transept → St. Peter's Basilica → surface form: "dome of St. Peter's Basilica"
height	136.6 metres →
heightOfDome	136.6 metres →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
inception	1506 →
length	approximately 220 metres →
liturgicalStatus	papal major basilica → patriarchal basilica →
locatedIn	Vatican Hill →
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater	Tiber → surface form: "Tiber River"
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Vatican City →
location	Vatican City →
namedAfter	Apostle Peter → surface form: "Saint Peter"
near	Apostolic Palace → Apostolic Palace → surface form: "Sistine Chapel" Vatican Museums →
notableFeature	iconic dome dominating Rome's skyline → one of the largest churches in the world →
operator	Holy See →
ownedBy	Holy See →
partOf	Vatican City → surface form: "Vatican City UNESCO World Heritage Site"
patron	Pope Julius II → Pope Paul V → Pope Urban VIII →
rank	one of the four major basilicas of Rome →
religion	Roman Catholicism → surface form: "Catholic Church"
significantEvent	canonization ceremonies → major papal liturgical celebrations → papal coronations (historical) →
traditionHoldsBurialPlaceOf	Apostle Peter → surface form: "Saint Peter"
use	papal liturgies → pilgrimage → tourism →
visitorNumber	millions of visitors per year →
width	approximately 150 metres →

Referenced by (101)

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

St. Peter's Square → adjacentTo → St. Peter's Basilica →

Chair of Saint Peter → alsoKnownAs → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Throne of Saint Peter"

Confessio of Saint Peter → associatedWith → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Papal altar of St. Peter's Basilica"

Michelangelo's Pietà → associatedWith → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica treasury"

Pietà Chapel → associatedWith → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Vatican Obelisk → associatedWith → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Charles Edward, Duke of Albany → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City"

Clement VIII → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica of Saint Peter"

Donato Bramante → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Giovanni Battista → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Giovanni Battista Montini"

James Francis Edward Stuart → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City"

Karol → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Karol Wojtyła"

Pope Benedict XV → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Benedict XVI → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Gregory XIII → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Julius II → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

The Warrior Pope → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Pope Julius II"

Pope Julius III → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano"

Pope Julius III → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Leo I → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Leo X → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Marcellus II → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Paul V → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Pius III → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Pius VII → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Pius X → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Pius XI → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Pius XII → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Sixtus IV → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Urban VIII → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Thomas Palaiologos → burialPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica of St. Peter"

Pietà Chapel → category → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Interior of St. Peter’s Basilica"

Paul V → commissioned → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "façade of St. Peter’s Basilica"

The Warrior Pope → commissioned → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Pope Julius II"

this entity surface form: "rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica"

Pope Paul V → commissioned → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "facade of St. Peter's Basilica"

Scala Regia (Vatican) → connects → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Vatican Basilica"

Scala Regia (Vatican) → connects → St. Peter's Basilica →

Rome → contains → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican"

Vatican City → contains → St. Peter's Basilica →

Vatican Hill → contains → St. Peter's Basilica →

St. Peter's Basilica → containsWork → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini"

Urbi et Orbi blessings → deliveredFrom → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St Peter's Basilica"

Old St. Peter's Basilica → demolishedToMakeWayFor → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "new St. Peter's Basilica"

Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus → followedBy → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Maderno Fountain → hasNearbyStructure → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

High Renaissance → hasNotableWork → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica (early design phase)"

St. Peter's Basilica → hasPart → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "dome of St. Peter's Basilica"

St. Peter's Basilica → hasPart → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Baldachin of St. Peter"

St. Peter's Basilica → hasPart → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes"

Pincian Hill → hasViewOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

Ponte Sant'Angelo → hasViewOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

Ponte Sisto → hasViewOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

First Vatican Council → heldAt → St. Peter's Basilica →

Second Vatican Council → heldIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Maderno Fountain → heritageContext → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter’s Basilica complex"

Kazan Cathedral → inspiredBy → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica colonnade"

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter → linkedTo → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican"

Baldachin of St. Peter's (Bernini) → locatedAbove → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "papal high altar of St. Peter's Basilica"

Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Cathedra Petri"

Chair of Saint Peter → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

Confessio of Saint Peter → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pietà Chapel → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Tomb of Pope Urban VIII → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Tomb of Pope Urban VIII → locatedIn → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter’s Basilica apse"

Apostolic Palace → locatedNear → St. Peter's Basilica →

Domus Sanctae Marthae → locatedNear → St. Peter's Basilica →

Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, Vatican City → locatedNear → St. Peter's Basilica →

subject surface form: "Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio"

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

Piazza Rusticucci area (historical) → locatedNear → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Vatican Gardens → locatedWestOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

Michelangelo's Pietà → location → St. Peter's Basilica →

Renaissance papacy → majorBuildingProject → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pietà Chapel → near → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "narthex of St. Peter’s Basilica"

Carlo Maderno → notableWork → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "façade of St. Peter’s Basilica"

Renaissance architecture → notableWork → St. Peter's Basilica →

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → otherMajorBasilica → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St Peter's Basilica"

Basilica of Saint Mary Major → otherMajorPapalBasilica → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Pietà Chapel → partOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Pope John Paul II → placeOfBurial → St. Peter's Basilica →

Pope Leo IX → placeOfBurial → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican"

Pope Paul VI → placeOfBurial → St. Peter's Basilica →

Apostolicam Actuositatem → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

Dei Verbum → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City"

Gaudium et Spes → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Inter Mirifica → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City"

Presbyterorum Ordinis → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

Sacrosanctum Concilium → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Unitatis Redintegratio → placeOfPromulgation → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St Peter’s Basilica"

Pope → preachesFrom → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "St Peter’s Basilica"

Gravissimum Educationis → promulgationPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

Lumen Gentium → promulgationPlace → St. Peter's Basilica →

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

Pope Boniface IV → relicsTranslatedTo → St. Peter's Basilica →

Old St. Peter's Basilica → replacedBy → St. Peter's Basilica →

Camerlengo Patrick McKenna → setting → St. Peter's Basilica →

Apostle Peter → shrine → St. Peter's Basilica →

Holy See → significantBuilding → St. Peter's Basilica →

Old St. Peter's Basilica → siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy → St. Peter's Basilica →

Old St. Peter's Basilica → successor → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "Renaissance St. Peter's Basilica"

Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus → successorBuilding → St. Peter's Basilica →

this entity surface form: "New St. Peter’s Basilica"

Pope Leo X → supportedConstructionOf → St. Peter's Basilica →

Vatican City flag → usedOn → St. Peter's Basilica →