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Basilica di Santa Tecla was a former, paleo-Christian basilica church in
Basilica di Santa Tecla was a former, paleo-Christian basilica church in Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, region of Lombardy, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. It was originally established in 350 and demolished in 1458. Remnants of the structure have been excavated underneath the Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral ( ; ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of Mary, Nativity of St. Mary (), it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdi ...
.
According to a number of historians the construction of the Basilica was ordered by Roman Emperor Constans
Flavius Julius Constans ( 323 – 350), also called Constans I, was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He held the imperial rank of '' caesar'' from 333, and was the youngest son of Constantine the Great.
After his father's death, he was made ''a ...
in 345 under the name ''Basilica Maior. ''It was then founded in 350.Fiorio, Maria Teresa. ''Le Chiese di Milano''. Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2006.
See also
*Early Christian churches in Milan
Early Christian churches in Milan are the first church (building), churches built immediately after the Edict of Milan (''Edictum Mediolanense'') in February 313, issued by Constantine the Great and Licinius, which granted tolerance and Freedom o ...
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