Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, erected by Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great in 505 AD in Ravenna, Italy
Originally dedicated to the Saviour and consecrated to the Arian cult, after the Byzantine Empire conquered the city (mid 6th century), the church was converted to the Orthodox religion.
It was therefore dedicated to St. Martin, bishop of Tours, who stood out for the fight against the heretics.
According to tradition, in the 9th century the remains of the holy founder of the church of Ravenna, St. Apollinaris, were transferred here from Classe. On this occasion, the church was definitely named after Apollinaris, but with the suffix “Nuovo” (new).
Seen from the outside, the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is architecturally quite simple, but inside, the basilica boasts one of the most famous Early Christian and Late Antique mosaic cycles in the world.
Originally dedicated to the Saviour and consecrated to the Arian cult, after the Byzantine Empire conquered the city (mid 6th century), the church was converted to the Orthodox religion.
It was therefore dedicated to St. Martin, bishop of Tours, who stood out for the fight against the heretics.
According to tradition, in the 9th century the remains of the holy founder of the church of Ravenna, St. Apollinaris, were transferred here from Classe. On this occasion, the church was definitely named after Apollinaris, but with the suffix “Nuovo” (new).
Seen from the outside, the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is architecturally quite simple, but inside, the basilica boasts one of the most famous Early Christian and Late Antique mosaic cycles in the world.
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Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, erected by Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great in 505 AD in Ravenna, Italy
Originally dedicated to the Saviour and consecrated to the Arian cult, after the Byzantine Empire conquered the city (mid 6th century), the church was converted to the Orthodox religion.
It was therefore dedicated to St. Martin, bishop of Tours, who stood out for the fight against the heretics.
According to tradition, in the 9th century the remains of the holy founder of the church of Ravenna, St. Apollinaris, were transferred here from Classe. On this occasion, the church was definitely named after Apollinaris, but with the suffix “Nuovo” (new).
Seen from the outside, the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is architecturally quite simple, but inside, the basilica boasts one of the most famous Early Christian and Late Antique mosaic cycles in the world.
Originally dedicated to the Saviour and consecrated to the Arian cult, after the Byzantine Empire conquered the city (mid 6th century), the church was converted to the Orthodox religion.
It was therefore dedicated to St. Martin, bishop of Tours, who stood out for the fight against the heretics.
According to tradition, in the 9th century the remains of the holy founder of the church of Ravenna, St. Apollinaris, were transferred here from Classe. On this occasion, the church was definitely named after Apollinaris, but with the suffix “Nuovo” (new).
Seen from the outside, the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is architecturally quite simple, but inside, the basilica boasts one of the most famous Early Christian and Late Antique mosaic cycles in the world.
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