After a substantial donation, the mobster had been buried in one of Rome's most storied basilicas -- in itself, a serious embarrassment for the church.

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In the long halls of Early Christian basilicas, particularly those with rows of columns dividing a nave from side aisles, as in the fifth-century Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, narration was primarily on the interior.

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