Why pilgrims come
Visit the resting place and legacy of St. Augustine of Hippo
The Augustinian basilica that preserves the principal relics and monumental tomb of St. Augustine of Hippo, transferred to Pavia in the early Middle Ages.
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.
The sacred connection
People and objects remembered here
These relationships are part of the destination record, with feast days and catalog qualifications shown where available.
Principal resting place
Feast: August 28First-class relics · Ecclesiastically recognized
Veneration arrangements may change around the August feast.What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
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, anniversaries & celebrations
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Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.