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Free
entrance
to
all
7
churches
including
museum.
Centrally
located.
Must
visit
in
Bologna.
7
churches
in
one.
they
also
offer
a
complete
guide
pamphlet
for
2€.
(
detailed
description
of
each
chapel,
crypt,
museum
and
church)
Best
money
spent.
The
history
of
the
Basilica
of
Santo
Stefano
(which
probably
stands
on
the
remains
of
an
ancient
pagan
temple,
perhaps
dedicated
to
the
mysterious
cult
of
the
goddess
Isis)
has
its
origins
in
one
of
the
most
important
events
that
mark
the
life
of
the
first
Bolognese
Christian
community:
in
the
year
393
the
Bolognese
bishop
Eustasio,
in
the
presence
of
St.
Ambrose,
found
the
bodies
of
Vitale
and
Agricola,
the
first
known
martyrs
in
Bologna,
in
a
Jewish
cemetery.
The
Bolognese
church
thus
became
aware
of
its
first
martyrs
who
had
testified
to
their
faith
with
death.
The
martyrs'
bodies
were
exhumed
from
the
small
cemetery
and
moved
to
the
Stephenian
complex
to
expose
them
to
the
veneration
of
Christians.
In
the
mid-fifth
century
S.
Petronio,
the
great
work
and
personality
of
bishop
contributed
to
the
maturation
of
the
autonomy
of
the
church
of
Bologna
from
that
of
Milan
and
Ravenna,
gave
impetus
to
the
expansion
of
the
complex
with
new
buildings
which,
due
to
their
conformation,
dedication
and
reciprocal
position
had
to
remember
the
Holy
Places
of
Jerusalem:
it
now
seems
certain
that
the
tradition
that
makes
Saint
Stephen
the
Jerusalem
Bononiensis,
the
place
that
testifies
to
the
origins
of
the
Christian
faith,
originates
from
this
very
ancient
arrangement
desired
by
S.
Petronio
and
the
origins
of
the
Bolognese
church,
In
cul
the
remains
of
the
first
martyrs
of
this
community
are
preserved
and
where
the
same
S.
Petronio
wanted
to
be
buried
(in
fact
his
body
was
found
here
in
1141).
Already
in
887
the
church
of
Santo
Stefa
was
not
known
under
the
name
of
Jerusalem.
From
this
first
nucleus
developed,
between
the
end
of
the
11th
and
the
beginning
of
the
12th
century,
through
the
work
of
the
Benedictine
monks
(their
presence
in
Santo
Stefano
is
documented
since
983),
the
set
of
spaces
symbolizing
the
complex
of
buildings
desired
in
Jerusalem
by
the
emperor
Constantine
Monomachus
in
1048,
according
to
the
stories
of
the
Crusaders
returning
from
the
Holy
Land:
Sepulcher,
Pilate's
Courtyard,
Calvary,
Cenacle
and
pol
the
flagellation
column,
the
rooster
of
St.
Peter
and
many
other
places
that
from
Fifteenth
century
onwards
they
will
change
and
enrich
again
with
the
evolution
of
popular
devotions.
Inclusive
must
visit
in
one
location:
CHURCH
OF
THE
CRUCIFIX
AND
CRYPT
BASILICA
OF
THE
HOLY
SEPULCHER
CHURCH
OF
SANTI
VITALE
AND
AGRICOLA
COURTYARD
OF
PILATE
MARTYRIUM
CHURCH
CLOISTER
CHURCH
OF
THE
BENDA
AND
MUSEUM
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