Bologna - St Stephens Basilica

(Local Name: Basilica di Santo Stefano) In Via Santo Stefano in Bologna is the basilica of Santo Stefano, a complex of eight buildings of which three have frontages on the street - the Chiesa del Crocifisso, now the principal church, originally Romanesque but rebuilt in 1637, with an external pulpit (12th century) and a crypt (1019); the church of Santo Sepolcro, an octagonal building on a centralized plan containing the tomb of St Petronius, bishop of Bologna in the fifth century; and the Romanesque church of Santi Vitale e Agricola (founded fifth century; present building 1019; facade 1885), with the 13th century Chiesa della Trinità. Behind San Sepolcro is the Cortile di Pilato, a pillared courtyard of 1142 (marble basin, 741), adjoining which is a two-story cloister.