{"id":810,"date":"2025-11-18T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/11\/18\/3-things-to-know-about-romes-st-peter-st-paul-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:34:37","slug":"3-things-to-know-about-romes-st-peter-st-paul-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/2025\/11\/18\/3-things-to-know-about-romes-st-peter-st-paul-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things to Know About Rome\u2019s St. Peter  St. Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: What event is celebrated by the Catholic Church on November 18?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: November 18 is celebrated as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Who initially commissioned the basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, commissioned the construction of these basilicas in the fourth century.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What is the significance of the baldacchino in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The baldacchino is a 94-foot-tall bronze canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that stands directly above the tomb of St. Peter and highlights his primacy among the apostles.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What catastrophic event significantly impacted the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls was largely destroyed by a great fire in 1823, leading to substantial reconstruction.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Why are these two basilicas spiritually significant for Christians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: They are important pilgrimage sites linked to the burial places of St. Peter and St. Paul, serving as reminders of their foundational roles in Christianity.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: When did the Holy Doors open for the 2025 Jubilee Year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The Holy Door in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica opened on Christmas Eve 2024, and the Holy Door of St. Paul Outside the Walls opened on January 5, 2025.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/three-things-st-peter-st-paul-basilicas-rome. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TcYaNWeqSy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/three-things-st-peter-st-paul-basilicas-rome\">3 things to know about the 2 papal basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;3 things to know about the 2 papal basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/three-things-st-peter-st-paul-basilicas-rome\/embed#?secret=YFkKgxs00c#?secret=TcYaNWeqSy\" data-secret=\"TcYaNWeqSy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What event is celebrated by the Catholic Church on November 18? A: November 18 is celebrated as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul. Q: Who initially commissioned the basilicas dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul? A: Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, commissioned the construction [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}