Papal basilica · Rome, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the four papal basilicas in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Mary. It is also a shrine, a place of pilgrimage. It is one of 570 basilicas in Italy on CathoNav.
- Where
- Rome, Italy
- Dedicated to
- Mary
- Founded
- 401
- Title
- Papal (major) basilica
Holy places nearby
298 Catholic churches within 3 km. See them on the map
Saints buried here
- Saint Pius V16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer · Feast 30 April
- Saint Praxedessaint · Feast 21 July
- Saint Zoe of Romemartyr saint · Feast 5 July
Further away
- Our Lady of the SnowsMarian apparition · Rome, Italy · same place
- Santa PrassedeBasilica · Rome, Italy · same place
- Santa PudenzianaBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.3 km
- San Martino ai MontiBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.3 km
- San Pietro in VincoliBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.6 km
- Tomb of Saint Woman with seven sonsSaint’s tomb · Rome, Italy · 0.6 km
- Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei MartiriBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.6 km
- Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro PretorioBasilica · Rome, Italy · 0.7 km
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- St Mark's Basilica Venice
- Archbasilica of St. John Lateran Rome
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- Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan
- Basilica of San Vitale Ravenna
- Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi Assisi
- Basilica of Santa Croce Florence
- Santa Maria della Salute Venice
- Florence Baptistery Florence
- San Pietro in Vincoli Rome
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