Saint Pantaleon, Cologne

Church of St. Pantaleon, front facade
Church of St. Pantaleon, interior

The Church of Saint Pantaleon (German pronunciation: [ˌzaŋt panˈtaːleːɔn], Colognian pronunciation: [ˌtsɪnt pan²ˈta²lɪjɔn])[what does "²" mean?] is an early Romanesque church in Cologne, Germany. The church dates back to the 10th century and is one of the twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne.[1] The former monastery church is consecrated to Saint Pantaleon and the Saints Cosmas and Damian and is the oldest church of the cult of Saint Pantaleon west of Byzantium. The empress Theophanu and the archbishop Bruno the Great are buried in the church, which also contains shrines of saints Alban, the first Christian martyr of Britain, and Maurinus of Cologne. Pope Benedict XVI visited the church in 2005.