Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
The Augustinian basilica that preserves the principal relics and monumental tomb of St. Augustine of Hippo, transferred to Pavia in the early Middle Ages.
The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
Pavia is where a pilgrimage to St. Augustine reaches his principal bodily resting place. The great marble Arca rises above the saint’s relics in an Augustinian basilica whose quiet scale invites time with the bishop, theologian and restless seeker who wrote the Confessions.
Relics of St. Augustine
Pray at the saint’s principal bodily resting place beneath the monumental ark.
Arca di Sant’Agostino
Read the sculpted scenes of Augustine’s life and teaching in the fourteenth-century marble monument.
Augustinian liturgy
Join Mass or the Hours with the friars who continue the basilica’s living custodianship.
Ancient Christian Pavia
Notice the basilica’s other historic burials and connect the visit with Pavia’s early medieval Christian heritage.
Feasts & celebrations