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San Clemente

church, Rome, Italy

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architecture

In Western architecture: Second period, after 313 ce
San Clemente, Santa Pudenziana, St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, San Sebastiano, Santa Sabina, and others belong to the late 4th and to the 5th century.
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Mithraeum

In mystery religion: Architecture
…Mithraeum under the church of S. Clemente at Rome contained a system of underground galleries for initiation ceremonies. Beneath the temple of the Egyptian gods at Pergamum, subterranean passages existed for the use of the priests. One of the paths led into the huge, hollow statue of the god, so…
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use of atrium

In atrium
The churches of San Clemente, Rome, and San Ambrogio, Milan, and the Basilica Eufrasiana of Parenzo (Poreč) in Istria (Croatia) still retain their atria.
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