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The Basilica of San Vitale is a late antique church in Ravenna, Italy. The sixth-century church is an important surviving example of early Byzantine art and architecture, and its mosaics in particular are some of the most-studied works in Byzantine art. It is one of eight structures in Ravenna inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A treaty was agreed upon by both Theodoric and Emperor Zeno's courts that gave Ravenna to the Goths and had Theodoric rule the west in the emperor's name. [7] Theodoric was an Arian Christian. [8] Arian Christians believed that because Jesus was the son of God he was secondary to God, as God has always existed but Jesus had not. [9]
Vitalis is honoured as the principal patron saint of the city of Ravenna. [4]The feast day of Saint Vitalis is 28 April. [5] Churches are dedicated in honor of Saint Vitalis at Assisi, and Rome, in Italy and at Jadera (now Zadar) in Dalmatia (now Croatia), but by far the most famous church bearing his name is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, a masterpiece of Byzantine art ...
Triumphal arch mosaics of the Basilica of San Vitale Garden of Eden mosaic in mausoleum of Galla Placidia (5th century CE) Arian Baptistry ceiling mosaic 6th-century mosaic in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, portrays Jesus long-haired and bearded, dressed in Byzantine style. The Arian Baptistery
Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 548. Italy has the richest concentration of Late Antique and medieval mosaics in the world. Although the art style is especially associated with Byzantine art and many Italian mosaics were probably made by imported Greek-speaking artists and craftsmen, there are surprisingly few significant mosaics remaining in the core Byzantine territories.
The Church of St Andrew and St Albert ... was an apostle of Jesus. ... detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century. Saint Andrew, ...
He also began construction of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore around the same time. [2] Ecclesius died in 532, and his remains are housed in the Basilica of San Vitale. He was succeeded by Ursicinus as bishop of Ravenna. [3] Ecclesius (far right) depicted alongside Christ and Saint Vitalis, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
The Baptistry is one of the eight structures in Ravenna registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. According to the ICOMOS evaluation of this patrimony, "this is the finest and most complete surviving example of the early Christian baptistery " which "retains the fluidity in representation of the human figure derived from Greco-Roman art".