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'''Ravenna''' is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of [[Italy]]. It was the capital city of the [[Western Roman Empire]] (V siecle).
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A little journey outside Ravenna to the church of Sant' Apollinare in Classe will enable the student to bring his study of early mosaic work and earlier sculpture down to a still later period, as in that church there is the great mosaic erected by Archbishop Reparatus c. 671, the curved throne of St. Damianus (668-705), and the sarcophagi of various archbishops, extending in date to the end of the seventh century, and bearing religious emblems of very considerable importance. <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05248a.htm Ecclesiastical Art]</ref>
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[[File:Ravenne Sant Apollinare in Classe La nef centrale VIe siecle.jpg|center]]
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The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare is dedicated to St. Apollinaris, patron saint of Ravenna.
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== See also ==
*[[Roman Empire]]
*[[Architecture]]
*[[Peter Chrysologus]]
== References ==
<references/>
<blockquote>
A little journey outside Ravenna to the church of Sant' Apollinare in Classe will enable the student to bring his study of early mosaic work and earlier sculpture down to a still later period, as in that church there is the great mosaic erected by Archbishop Reparatus c. 671, the curved throne of St. Damianus (668-705), and the sarcophagi of various archbishops, extending in date to the end of the seventh century, and bearing religious emblems of very considerable importance. <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05248a.htm Ecclesiastical Art]</ref>
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[[File:Ravenne Sant Apollinare in Classe La nef centrale VIe siecle.jpg|center]]
<center>
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare is dedicated to St. Apollinaris, patron saint of Ravenna.
</center>
== See also ==
*[[Roman Empire]]
*[[Architecture]]
*[[Peter Chrysologus]]
== References ==
<references/>