Ravenna
Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 AD until 476 AD (V siecle); the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy (476-540), and later the seat of Byzantine government in Italy.
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. [1]
The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare is dedicated to St. Apollinaris, patron saint of Ravenna.