{"slug": "old-st-peter-s-basilica", "label": "Old St. Peter's Basilica", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_St._Peter%27s_Basilica", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810126", "qid": "Q810126", "description": "church in Rome, Papal States", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [320, 1506], "span_label": ["320 CE", "1506 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 9}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gundobad", "label": "Gundobad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "st-peter-s-basilica", "label": "St. Peter's Basilica", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-julius-ii", "label": "Pope Julius II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "burgundians", "label": "Burgundians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ricimer", "label": "Ricimer", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bavaria", "label": "Bavaria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 320, "year_label": "320 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Construction begins on the Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330750501#Art", "title": "320", "revid": 1330750501, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 326, "year_label": "326 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Helena tells Constantine that he must atone for executing his son and wife by building churches, and at about this date construction begins on Old St. Peter's Basilica, the first church on the traditional site of Saint Peter's tomb in Rome, and on the basilica of Golgotha on Calvary outside Jerusalem. He also commissions construction of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (dedicated 339).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366011464#Religion", "title": "326", "revid": 1366011464, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 359, "year_label": "359 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, in the Old St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, is made (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332409759#Art", "title": "359", "revid": 1332409759, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 472, "year_label": "472 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Anthemius, besieged in the part of Rome he controls until his troops are defeated, is caught while fleeing the city disguised as a supplicant in the Old St. Peter's Basilica (or at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere), and later beheaded by Gundobad or Ricimer. Ricimer proclaims Olybrius emperor. Ricimer's nephew, the Burgundian general Gundobad, assumes command of the Western army and holds de facto power in the Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350806015#Roman_Empire", "title": "472", "revid": 1350806015, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 846, "year_label": "846 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "A Saracen Arab expeditionary force from Africa, consisting of 11,000 men and 500 horses, raid the outskirts of Rome, sacking the basilicas of Old St. Peter's and St. Paul's Outside the Walls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308185700#Arabian_Empire", "title": "846", "revid": 1308185700, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "February – King Arnulf of Carinthia invades Italy at the head of an East Frankish expeditionary army. He storms Rome (the Leonine City), and has himself crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Formosus at St. Peter's. Arnulf sets out to establish his authority in Spoleto, but suffers a stroke; he is forced to call off the campaign, and returns to Bavaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Europe", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 897, "year_label": "897 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January", "text": "January – The Cadaver Synod: Lambert II orders Stephen VI to exhume the nine-month-old cadaver of former pope Formosus, to redress him in papal robes, and have him put on trial while seated in a chair at St. Peter's. Formosus is 'convicted' of several crimes, his fingers of consecration are cut off, and the body is stripped of his vestments.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130275#Religion", "title": "897", "revid": 1341130275, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 962, "year_label": "962 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – King Otto I (the Great) is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII at the Old St. Peter's Basilica, ending Rome's feudal anarchy. Otto's wife Adelaide is anointed as empress; the East Frankish Kingdom and the Kingdom of Italy are unified into a common realm, called the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513175#Europe", "title": "962", "revid": 1341513175, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – King Henry II arrives at Rome and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor together with his wife Cunigunde by Pope Benedict VIII in St. Peter's Basilica. Henry establishes the Diocese of Bobbio (Northern Italy) and returns to Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#Europe", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II (\"the Elder\") and his wife Gisela of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor and Empress, respectively, in Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Cnut the Great, King of Denmark and England, attends the coronation, proving his position as sole ruler of the Danish North Sea Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Europe", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Events › By Place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1209, "year_label": "1209 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Innocent III crowns Otto IV as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in St. Peter's Basilica at Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362169644#Religion", "title": "1209", "revid": 1362169644, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1312, "year_label": "1312 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Henry VII is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lateran Palace, since St Peter's Basilica is occupied by Romans hostile to him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487312#April_–_June", "title": "1312", "revid": 1362487312, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1505, "year_label": "1505 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Old St. Peter's Basilica is demolished under the orders of Pope Julius II. Construction of the new basilica begins the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582113#Date_unknown", "title": "1505", "revid": 1360582113, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new (current) St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, replacing the Old St. Peter's Basilica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#April–June", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}