The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

St. Peter's Basilica

Also known as Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican Basilica, St. Peter's

  • cathedral
  • early Christian basilica

The apostolic church of St. Peter at the Vatican, successively the old basilica and the rebuilt Vatican Basilica. Gibbon presents it as the ceremonial and spiritual seat of the Roman popes.

Type
cathedral
Style
early Christian basilica
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 300
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The apostolic church of St. Peter at the Vatican, successively the old basilica and the rebuilt Vatican Basilica. Gibbon presents it as the ceremonial and spiritual seat of the Roman popes.

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