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cient basilica are the interior portion of the apse with the
triumphal arch. The mosaics of the apse, work by Pietro
Cavallini, were mostly lost in the 1823 re; only a few
traces were incorporated in the reconstruction. The 5thcentury mosaics of the triumphal arch are original: an inscription in the lower section attest they were done at the
time of Leo I, paid by Galla Placidia. The subject portrays the Apocalypse of John, with the bust of Christ in
the middle anked by the 24 doctors of the church, surmounted by the ying symbols of the four Evangelists.
St. Peter and St. Paul are portrayed at the right and left
of the arch, the latter pointing downwards (probably to
his tomb).
The tabernacle of the confession of Arnolfo di Cambio
(1285) belong to the 13th century.
In the old basilica each pope had his portrait in a frieze
extending above the columns separating the four aisles
and naves. A 19th-century version can be seen now. The
naves interior walls were also redecorated with scenes
from Saint Pauls life in two mosaics.
The sacristy contains a ne statue of Pope Boniface IX.
South of the transept is the cloister, considered one
of the most beautiful of the Middle Ages.[2] Built by
Vassalletto in 1205-1241, it has double columns of different shapes. Some columns have inlays with golden and
coloured-glass mosaics; the same decoration can be seen
on the architrave and the inner frame of the cloister. Also
visible are fragments from the destroyed basilica and ancient sarcophagi, one with scenes of the myth of Apollo.
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4 Abbots
18671895 Leopoldo Zelli Jacobuzi
18951904 Bonifacio Oslaender
19041918 Giovanni del Papa
19181929 Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
19291955 Ildebrando Vannucci
19551964 Cesario D'Amato
19641973 Giovanni Battista Franzoni
19731980 Position empty
19801988 Giuseppe Nardin
19881996 Luca Collino
19961997 Position empty
19972005 Paolo Lunardon
2005present Edmund Power
Front of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
5 Archpriests
Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
(31 May 2005 3 July 2009)
The discovery of the sarcophagus is mentioned in the
chronicle of the Benedictine monastery attached to the
Basilica, in regard to the 19th century rebuilding. Unlike
other sarcophagi found at that time, this was not mentioned in the excavation papers.[3]
On 6 December 2006, it was announced that Vatican archaeologists had conrmed the presence of a white marble sarcophagus beneath the altar, perhaps containing
the remains of the Apostle.[4][5] A press conference held
on 11 December 2006[6] gave more details of the work
of excavation, which lasted from 2002 to 22 September 2006, and which had been initiated after pilgrims to
the basilica expressed disappointment that the Apostles
tomb could not be visited or touched during the Jubilee
year of 2000.[7] The sarcophagus was not extracted from
its position, so that only one of its two narrow sides is
visible.[8]
A curved line of bricks indicating the outline of the apse
of the Constantinian basilica was discovered immediately
to the west of the sarcophagus, showing that the original basilica had its entrance to the east, like Saint Peters Basilica in the Vatican. The larger 386 basilica that
replaced it had the Via Ostiense (the road to Ostia) to
the east and so was extended westward, towards the river
Tiber, changing the orientation diametrically.
6 Other burials
Thibaud of Ostia
7 See also
Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura
List of Greco-Roman roofs
8 Notes
[1] The basilica, which is owned by the Holy See (article 13
of the Lateran Treaty), form(s) part of the territory of
the Italian State (but) enjoy(s) the immunities granted by
International Law to the headquarters of the diplomatic
agents of foreign States (article 15 of the Lateran Treaty).
References
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Further reading
Weitzmann, Kurt, ed., Age of spirituality: late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century,
no. 439-440, 1979, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, ISBN 9780870991790
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External links
"St. Paul-without-the-Walls". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
St. Pauls Tomb Unearthed in Rome on National
Geographic News, including a photograph of a side
of the sarcophagus.
The tombs of the apostles: Saint Paul
3D Model of the church
Reliquary of St. Annes forearm venerated in a side
chapel
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