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    The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ("Saint Apollinaris in Classe") is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop...
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    Classe was a commercial port located 4 km (2.5 mi) east south east from Ravenna, Italy. It was near the head of the Adriatic coast. For almost five hundred...
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    Ravenna (/rəˈvɛnə/ rə-VEN-ə, Italian: [raˈvenna], also local pronunciation: [raˈvɛnna] ; Romagnol: Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province...
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    bishop of Ravenna, he faced nearly constant persecution. Christian inscriptions dating from the 2nd century have been discovered near Classe, confirming...
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    Republic. A port was constructed near Classe, and the Adriatic fleet was based in Ravenna. In 402 CE, Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman...
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  • Look up classe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Classe may refer to: Classe, ancient port of Ravenna, Italy Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, a 6th-century...
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    Lido di Classe is a seaside resort on the Romagna Riviera and a frazione of the comune of Ravenna located north of Lido di Savio. It is bounded to the...
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    archbishop of Ravenna from 677 to 691.: 304  Consecrated in Ravenna by his suffragans,: 283–4  under his tenure the church of Ravenna reconciled with...
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    images, such as the apse mosaic at the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (549), the jewelled cross stands specifically as a symbol for Christ...
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    The Basilica of San Vitale is a late antique church in Ravenna, Italy. The sixth-century church is an important surviving example of early Byzantine art...
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    emperor ordered Pope Sergius I arrested, but the militias of Rome and Ravenna sided with the Pope and rebelled. Justinian contributed to the development...
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    modern pallium and that used in early Christian times, as portrayed in the Ravenna mosaics. The pallium of the sixth century was a long, moderately wide,...
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    veil. He attended the Council of Sardica in 343. He was buried in Classe near Ravenna. He was purported to be an example of not only a married priest,...
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  • him in Ravenna. He should not be confused with Bishop Ursicinus of Ravenna (6th century), who ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built...
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  • in Classe Victor (538–545) — features on monograms on the capitals in the Basilica of San Vitale Maximianus of Ravenna (546–556 or 557) — Ravenna's 28th...
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    decoration". He completed the Basilica of San Vitale and Sant'Apollinare in Classe in Ravenna, and built several other churches, including Santa Maria del Canneto...
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    Ruskin's fancy. Others appear in Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (549). The column in San Vitale, Ravenna (547) shows above it the dosseret required to carry...
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    The Exarchate of Ravenna (Latin: Exarchatus Ravennatis; Greek: Εξαρχάτον τής Ραβέννας), also known as the Exarchate of Italy, was a lordship of the Eastern...
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    Theodoric the Great. In 31 BC, Emperor Augustus founded near Ravenna the military harbor of Classe. It hosted the second imperial fleet of the Roman Empire...
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    (bishop of Ravenna)". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Erich Dinkler: Das Apsismosaik von S. Apollinare in Classe, Cologne...
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    (died 532) was bishop of Ravenna from AD 521 to 532. He is best known as the founder of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Ecclesius was one of the...
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    dress of a Byzantine courtier with a tablion and richly-patterned robe. Ravenna was made the capital of the Western Roman Empire (replacing Milan) in 402...
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    the Romans Constantine IV, mosaic in basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna. Byzantine emperor Reign July 668 – July 685 Coronation 13 April 654...
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    building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450. It was added to the World Heritage List together with seven other structures in Ravenna in 1996. Despite...
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  • Sant'Apollinare in Classe consecrated near Ravenna. 584 – Exarchate of Ravenna established (approximate date). 729 – Battle of Ravenna (729) 751 – Lombards...
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  • Pisa and brought it to Ravenna, in the library of the Monastery of Classe. Orsini, Pasquale (2011). "L'Aristofane di Ravenna. Genesi e formazione tecnica...
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    Ruskin's fancy. Others appear in Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (549). The capital in San Vitale, Ravenna (547) shows above it the dosseret required to...
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    April 396) was bishop of Ravenna during the late 4th century. Ursus was born into a noble pagan family in Sicily but fled to Ravenna due to his family's anger...
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  • Sant'Apollinare (disambiguation) Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, Rome...
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    537 Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, unknown architect, 527-548 Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, unknown architect, 549 Kapnikarea...
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