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The Elpidios Basilica – Basilica B – was of similar age, and the city was home to a large complex of ecclesiastical buildings including Basilica G, with its luxurious mosaic floors and a mid-6th century inscription proclaiming the patronage of the bishop Peter. Outside the defensive wall was Basilica D, a 7th-century cemetery church. [60]
The Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino was the first minor basilica to be canonically created, in 1783. The 1917 Code of Canon Law officially recognised churches using the title of basilica from immemorial custom as having such a right to the title of minor basilica. Such churches are referred to as immemorial basilicas. [2]
The Basilica of St. Achilleios (Greek: Βασιλική του Αγίου Αχιλλείου) is an early Byzantine basilica on the acropolis of Larissa, Greece, dedicated to the city's patron saint, St. Achilleios. The church was discovered and excavated in 1978, during works on the local free-air market. [1]
The exterior is built of rough stone. A rose window stands above the triple oak doors, and on the outside of the side naves there are rows of rectangular windows.Two windows located in the presbytery on either side are decorated with stained glass: the left one with St. Anthony blessing a child, and the right one with St. Anthony and the Child Jesus in his arms.
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Greece (Diocese in brackets): [1] Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysious in Athens ; Cathedral of St. Nicolaos in Chios ; Cathedral of St. Jacob (or James) and Christopher in Corfu (Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia) Cathedral of the Assumption in Chania
The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος), is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki (in Central Macedonia, Greece), dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire.
The Cemetery Basilica is an Early Christian basilica church located at Tritis Septemvriou Street in Thessaloniki, Greece. Only a portion of the building has been excavated, as the rest lies underneath the buildings of the Thessaloniki International Fair. The new Museum of Byzantine Culture is also located nearby. [1] The church is a three ...