Title

Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna: Portrait of Saint Simon the Cananite

Caption

Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna (Italy)
Mosaic of the apse: Portrait of Saint Simon the Cananite
6th century.

Info+

Its construction was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, and completed in 548 by the twenty-seventh Bishop of Ravenna, Maximianus.

Date

6th century

Credit line

Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12

Reference

DGL10A03_278

License type

Rights managed

Available size

128,7Mb (9,8Mb) / 24,5in x 20,4in / 7358 x 6112 (300dpi)

Keywords

Architecture Mosaics Unesco World Heritage Site Emilia-Romagna Building Religion Chapel Vault Christian Christianism Early Christian Byzantine Catholic 5th century Jesus Christ Polychrome marble Stucco Indoors Interior Stele Column Pillar Pillar Apse Capital Dome Roman Exarch Simon the Zealot Simon the Cananaean Apostle