Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls

San Lorenzo fuori le mura — "Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls" — is one of Rome's Seven Pilgrim Churches and a Papal Basilica, preserving the tomb of St. Lawrence, one of Rome's first seven deacons who was martyred in 258 CE. Partially destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943 and carefully restored, it is assigned to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and remains a major pilgrimage site on the edge of the Verano cemetery, combining ancient Christian heritage with living devotion.