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This building contained a mosaic showing a fisherman next to a storm-battered ship filled with the Apostles. In this building’s grottoes, archaeologists discovered a mosaic depicting Christ as Sol Invictus with grape vines in the background. A sculpture taken from the Pantheon and moved to this building’s courtyard depicts two peacocks flanking a massive pinecone. Giotto’s Stefaneschi Triptych was commissioned for this building, for which Cardinal Stefaneschi also commissioned the (*) Navicella. Bronze spiral-shaped columns named after King Solomon (10[1])were taken from this building (-5[1])and incorporated into a sculpture whose canopy contains the Barberini coat of arms. This building was redesigned in the shape of a Greek cross by Bramante. For 10 points, Constantine the Great commissioned what building, which was rebuilt in the 16th century as the world’s then-largest basilica? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Old St. Peter’s Basilica [or Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican; or Basilica Sancti Petri; or Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano]
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