Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls
You’re at the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, one of Rome’s Seven Pilgrim Churches and one of the five papal (formerly patriarchal) basilicas. It’s dedicated to Lawrence of Rome, whose shrine marks the tomb of one of the first seven deacons of Rome, martyred in 258—and that’s why the basilica is also tied to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Tradition says Emperor Constantine I built an early oratory here, and a basilica was later erected over the burial site. Pope Damasus I (r. 366–384) restored the church, and in the 580s Pope Pelagius II commissioned a new church in Lawrence’s honour, while Pope Honorius III added another church in the 13th century. The portico (c. 1220) carries Cosmatesque decoration by the Vassalletto craftsmen, and the crypt—the confessio under the high altar—holds Stephen beside Lawrence, along with other burials including Pope Hilarius. …
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