San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro
| San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro | |
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| St. Peter in the Golden Sky | |
Façade of the building
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 San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro
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| 45°11′28.6″N 9°9′17.8″E / 45.191278°N 9.154944°ECoordinates: 45°11′28.6″N 9°9′17.8″E / 45.191278°N 9.154944°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | Homepage |
| History | |
| Founded | Before 604 |
| Dedication | Saint Peter |
| Consecrated | 1132 |
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Augustine of Hippo Boethius |
| Relics held | Tombs of Augustine and Boethius |
| Associated people | Renovated by Liutprand, King of the Lombards |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Basilica |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Cathedral |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Completed | 720-725 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick, sandstone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Pavia |
San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro (Italian for "Saint Peter in Golden Sky") is a Roman Catholic basilica (and a former cathedral) of the Augustinians in Pavia, Italy, in the Lombardy region. Its name refers to the mosaics of gold leaf behind glass tesserae that formerly decorated the ceiling of the apse. The plain exterior is of brick, with sandstone quoins and window framing. The paving of the church floor is now lower than the modern street level of Piazza San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, which lies before its façade.
A church of Saint Peter is recorded in Pavia in 604; it was renovated by Liutprand, King of the Lombards (who is buried here) between 720 and 725. The present Romanesque church was consecrated by Pope Innocent II in 1132.
The church is the resting place for the remains of Augustine of Hippo, who died in 430 in his home diocese of Hippo Regius, and was buried in the cathedral there, during the time of the Vandals. According to Bede's True Martyrology, the body was removed to Cagliari, Sardinia by the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal Huneric had expelled from north Africa. Bede tells that the remains were subsequently redeemed out of the hands of the Saracens there— by Peter, bishop of Pavia and uncle of the Lombard king Liutprand— and deposited in the church of Saint Peter about the year 720.
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