Pilgrimage Sunday: St. Paul Outside the Walls

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The final resting place of St. Paul is here in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mura). The earliest structure over the place of burial was created under Constantine in 324. Since, then, however, the church was rebuilt, and, following a devastating fire in 1823, rebuilt yet another time.

With that said, there seems to be little disagreement over this being the burial site of Paul. Decorations of the life of Paul are throughout the church. It is the second largest church in Rome, and third in prominence, following St. Peter's and San Giovanni in Laterano.

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The Pilgrimage Churches of Rome:

Four Major Basilicas:

St. Peter's Basilica

St. Paul Outside the Walls

St. John Lateran

Santa Maria Maggiore

Additional Pilgrimage Churches:

St. Sebastian Outside the Walls

Holy Cross in Jerusalem

St. Laurence Outside the Walls

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Are you interested in seeing this?

• Yes!
• If there is time.
• It doesn't really call to me.

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