Crypt of Sant'Eusebio

Crypt of Sant'Eusebio
Interior
Religion
AffiliationCatholic
ProvincePavia
Year consecrated7th Century
StatusActive
Location
LocationPavia, Italy
Geographic coordinates45°11′10.57″N 9°9′27.27″E / 45.1862694°N 9.1575750°E / 45.1862694; 9.1575750
Architecture
TypeChurch
Completed11th Century

The church of Sant'Eusebio was a church of Pavia, of which today only the crypt remains. The church was probably built by the Lombard king Rothari (636-652) as the city's Arian cathedral.[1] It later became the fulcrum of the conversion to Catholicism of the Lombards initiated by Theodolinda and the monks of San Colombano and which later received, precisely in Pavia, a great impulse from King Aripert I (653-661) and from Bishop Anastasius.[2]

Frescoes in the crypt, 12th century
  1. ^ "Cripta di Sant'Eusebio". Longobardi vivi Pavia. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Cripta della chiesa di Sant'Eusebio". Lombardia Beni Culturali. Retrieved 3 August 2022.