page_title: List of Christian pilgrimage sites
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: List of Christian pilgrimage sites / Old World / Western Christianity / Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican. Español: Fachada de la Basílica de San Pedro, El Vaticano. Português: Basílica de São Pedro, Vaticano. Русский: Базилика Святого Петра, Ватикан.
context_page_description: This is a list of sites notable as destinations of Christian pilgrimage, sorted by region and by country.
  This page has a wider view of the topic, while the "pilgrimage church" page offers, Catholic sites.
context_section_description: Padua, St Anthony, relics
  Padua, Saint Luke, relics
  Sacri Monti, the Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy.
  Turin Cathedral, the home of the Shroud of Turin.
  St. Peter's Basilica, the place of many burials since that of Saint Peter
  
   
  Vatican City - location of  Saint Peter's Basilica, relics of various saints (such as John Paul II), relics of the Passion of Christ, and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church
  Rome - the site of the deaths of early martyrs (Colosseum), the sanctuaries of many saints, such as Ignatius of Loyola, and papal basilicas with important relics
  Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church - the shrine of Saint Padre Pio at San Giovanni Rotondo in Apulia; also Pietrelcina as the birthplace of Padre Pio
  Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi; also the church of Saint Clare
  Loreto in the Marche; home of the Basilica della Santa Casa
  Lanciano in Abruzzo - the site of the famous Eucharistic miracle
  Venice - the shrine of Saint Mark the evangelist and patron saint of Venice
  Padua - the sanctuary of St Anthony of Padua
  Monte Cassino - the shrine of Saint Benedict
  Amalfi near Naples - the sanctuary of Saint Andrew
  Salerno in Campania - the shrine of Saint Matthew
  Pavia near Milan - the tomb of St. Augustine of Hippo at the church of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro
caption: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
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