The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna and Cla
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
The west front or façade
Apse and tower
Image from the nave
Apollinaris of Ravenna
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Apollinaris of Ravenna is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his fl
Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
…in Classe ("Saint Apollinaris in Classe") is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna and Classe. An important monument of late Ancient Roman architecture, early church architecture and Byzantine art, in 1996…
Portrait Mosaic of Saint Apollinarisat the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna
Apollinaris in the Golden Legend (1497)
Apollinaris depicted on a quattrino from Ravenna
Reliquary of St Apollinaris in Remagen