Three of 26 male Christian Martyrs walking in procession. Detail from Byzantine mosaic in the Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo at Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The mosaic was created in the 500s AD, a few years after Ravenna was captured by the Byzantine Empire from the Ostrogoths.
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4288 x 2848 px | 36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy: three of 26 male Christian Martyrs walking eastward in procession. Byzantine mosaic along the south lateral wall of the Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo. The mosaic was created in the 6th century AD, a few years after Ravenna was captured by Byzantium from the Ostrogoths. The Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo was originally an Arian church, founded by Theodoric the Great (454 - 526 AD), king of the Ostrogoths, and dedicated to the Redeemer. It was built between 493, when the Goths entered Ravenna, and 526, when Theodoric died. At some point between 556 and 565 AD, after Ravenna was taken by the Byzantines, and after an edict relating to Arian property issued by Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great, the church was consecrated for Catholic use. The majority of mosaics in the Basilica date to the time of Theodoric and are Ostrogoth. But the mosaics depicting Martyrs in procession, female Saints in procession, and the Biblical Magi or Three Wise Men, belong to the time of Justinian and are Byzantine. D0752.A8993
