Basilica of St. Donatian and St. Rogatian

Basilica of St. Donatian and St. Rogatian is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Nantes, France. The church was built in the late 19th century and is dedicated to saints Donatian and Rogatian. It was elevated to the rank of minor basilica in 1889.The church building stands on the site of an ancient Gallo-Roman villa. Excavations in 1873 brought to light an ancient pagan cemetery, a pit in the center of the apse containing 27 nails assigned to the coffins of the two martyrs and reveal that four church buildings were successively below the basilica.

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