This is now a nursing home called the Casa San Pio X. Français : saint Pancrace est une basilique de Rome, est désigne aussi les catacombes du lieu. However, the latter was larger. This hope has not been realised, as the only certain survivals are re-used column bases in the sanctuary arcades. The aisle entrances are surmounted by square windows with Baroque frames and undersized triangular pediments. This cemetery around the saint's tomb was extended as a Christian catacomb beginning at the start of the 4th century, with four separate identifiable foci. The important thing to note about these roofs is that the tops of the side aisle and chapel roofs are only slightly lower than the gutters of the central nave and sanctuary roofs. This seems to explain why the monastery here later had a dedication to St Victor, not to St Pancras -the monks were not in charge of the martyr's church, although they almost certainly provided the liturgical singing. These chapels have a large arched portal each, forming a transverse arcade with the central triumphal arch. The parish website advises that visits at other times can be negotiated with the Parish Office. The great French Benedictine abbey of Cluny expanded its reform congregation into England after that country was conquered by the Normans in 1066, and the first monastery that it built in that country was at Lewes in Sussex. This is taken as evidence that the martyr was buried on the surface, and that the church plan had to respect other pre-existing structures (most likely mausolea) when it was built over his undisturbed tomb. The nuns did not flourish in their new home -they were extinct in a couple of decades. The first mention in genuine historical records of the monastery after the letter of Pope Gregory is from the reign of Pope Adrian I (772-95), who restored both shrine and monastery. The future Pope Pius XII was baptised in it in 1876, and a wall-monument nearby with a portrait of him commemorates this. There is some disagreement between sources -the Liber Pontificalis entry has the rebuilding done "from the foundations". facciata. Six separate carved wooden ceilings were provided for the central nave (which did not have one before), the sanctuary with its chapels and the side aisles. Early Baroque details were added to the interior, and the present façade built. La basilica fu costruita per volere di papa Simmaco (498-514) sul luogo dove venne sepolto il famoso giovane martire San Pancrazio, che subì il martirio a Roma all'età di circa 14 anni (12 maggio 304) durante il regno dell'imperatore Diocleziano, il quale promosse l'ultima, e durissima, persecuzione contro i cristiani, in cui persero la vita circa 15.000 cristiani. The depiction is of the same moment of ecstasy which is shown in her famous statue by Bernini in Santa Maria della Vittoria. In this region it is possible to visit: Finally, the third region is placed below the cloister. It is recorded that the relics of the saint were desecrated and scattered about, but apparently most of him was rescued afterwards. Pope Honorius' rebuilding is the basilica that still exists today. They immediately commissioned an embellishing of the interior with stucco decorations in Baroque style, as well as a fresco in the apse conch (now destroyed). Note that the letter says nothing about what sort of rule of life the monks followed. There are eight panels. The ancient bishop's throne that used to be in the apse has been lost, and the apse is now occupied by the organ. This seems to comprise most of those found down there. The roof was repaired in 1909. Guided visits are given to groups, the maximum in a group being twenty. It is unknown how the monastery functioned liturgically or pastorally (again, later claims of original Benedictine status have muddled the historical record), but the original tomb of the saint was functioning as a healing shrine at the time and this might have been the original status of the little church at Canterbury. In the wide frieze of the entablature over each pilaster sits a pair of putti holding swags, and a pair of swags meeting at an angel mask also embellish each of the archivolts of the arcade arches. Two other regions are described as accessible: "Region K" to the left had side of the sanctuary and "Region N" under the convent. This is in contrast to San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, where the catacombs never ceased to be a visitor attraction (the only Roman set never to have been shut down). The position of this altar can be discerned from a fragment of the canopy attached to one of the nave piers, which is in the form of Gothic tracery. The pediments here are segmental; the three pediments over the entrances are slightly oversized. The relics of St Pancras were brought up from the crypt and enshrined under the high altar. The Gospel ambo was embellished with spiral colonnettes and an eagle, and had a mosaic dedicatory inscription with the date 1249. The other coffers have Christian symbols and vine-scrolls. This is allegedly from one of the original 7th century nave arcades. Unfortunately, it replaced an anonymous 17th century work which featured putti, caryatids and acanthus scrolls. Pancratii et aliorum martyrum ossa, hypogeis olim condita, hic decentius recondita ("The bones of St Pancras and other martyrs, once kept underground, were more fittingly put here").