The Day the Pantheon Became a Church

The Pantheon

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The Pantheon is the world's most perfectly preserved ancient Roman temple and it owes its position as such to the fact that for the last 1600 years it has been a church.

On May 13th 609, the Pantheon was consecrated by Pope Boniface IV (r. 608-615) as Santa Maria ad Martyres, the first ancient Roman temple to become a Christian church.  

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