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Basilica San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro virtual tour. Come and discover the beauty of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Saint Augustine's Tomb. Step by step, you will see every corner of...
San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro (Italian for 'Saint Peter in Golden Sky') name refers to the mosaics of gold leaf behind glass tesserae that decorates the ceiling of the apse. A church of Saint Peter is recorded in Pavia in 604; it was renovated by Liutprand, King of the Lombards (who ...
- The Basilica Di San Pietro in Ciel D Oro
- The Ark with The Tomb of St. Augustine
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- The Sacristy and The Two Side Altars
- The Crypt
The earliest news that we have of this San Pietro in Ciel d Oro dates to the year 604 AD. The building is not the original one. It follows another that was in early-Christian style, with simple columns and a wooden ceiling.
Decorated with 95 statues and 50 bas-reliefs, the work was commissioned by Bonifacio Bottigella, Prior of the Augustinians, then Bishop of Lodi and a native of Pavia. It is a small encyclopaedic illustration of the faith of the theological, cardinal and monastic virtues.
He was born in the province of Africa, in the city of Tagaste, parents of curial order, condition of honest and Christians. He was raised and educated by them with care and with great expense, and was first instructed in profane letters, that in all those disciplines, they call liberal. ” With these words Possidius, bishop of Calama, the first biog...
The sacristy is an impressive structure, in Renaissance style. With a ribbed vault, it is rich in “grotesque” decorations, attributed to the second half of the sixteenth century. The seventeenth century canvas portraying St Augustine conversing with St Jerome is of considerable importance. The two marble altars are by the sculptor Giovanni Scapolla...
Supported by 24 columns, it was rebuilt at the end of the last century on existing remains. Here the body of Severino Boezio lies enclosed in an elegant sarcophagus of Ravenna-Byzantine style. The soul of this great consul, senator, philosopher, victim in the year 525 of the cruelty of the Arian king Theodoric, is contemplated by Dante in the tenth...
Arca di Sant’Agostino – Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro • Pavia. La basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro conserva le spoglie mortali di sant’Agostino, padre della Chiesa e ispiratore carismatico dell’Ordine di Sant’Agostino. La sua Arca marmorea, imponente monumento sacro che sovrasta la preziosa urna e spicca nella ...
Indirizzo: Piazza San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro (Nel centro abitato, integrato con altri edifici) - Pavia . Tipologia generale: architettura religiosa e rituale. Tipologia specifica: chiesa. Configurazione strutturale: Di epoca romanica, mostra una facciata a capanna in cotto, tripartita da due poderosi contrafforti asimmetrici. Elementi decorati in ...
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San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro (Italian for "Saint Peter's in the Golden Sky") is a Roman Catholic basilica of the Augustinians in Pavia, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI visited here in April of 2007. The earliest news that we have of this Basilica dates to the year 604 AD. The building is not the original one.
