Basilica of San Saturnino

The Basilica of San Saturnino is a Palaeo-Christian church in Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. The congregation is said without precedent for the mid sixth century. This congregation had been likely raised close to the entombment place of St. Saturninus of Cagliari, who, as per the Passio sancti Saturni, had been martyred in 304. In 1089 the giudice of Cagliari, Constantine II of Cagliari, gave the complex, including likewise a cloister, to the Benedictines of the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.

In the event the congregation was re-established in Provencal-Romanesque style. The recharged basilica was blessed in 1119. The church is situated inside a walled territory including a Palaeo-Christian necropolis, which is as yet being unearthed. The present church comprises of the arch secured zone and the eastern arm, with a nave and two passageways, which closes with a crescent apse. The western veneer, halfway demolished, is separated into three parts. The side ones have entryways with architraves, surmounted by round lunettes.

The present church's passage is in the region of the previous western arm, and highlights current increases from the twentieth century rebuilding. The eastern arm is remotely adorned with Lombard groups, while the apse has lost the first cover with limestone from Bonaria. The arm has a nave and two paths, the previous with barrel vault, the last with cross vaults.