St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč, Romanesque basilica in Třebíč, Czech Republic.
St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč is a Romanesque-Gothic church with a long nave, a rounded apse at one end, and two white towers with dark bulbous cupolas at the other. It measures 65.7 m long and 20.2 m wide, with a main nave separated from the side aisles by six alternating stronger and weaker pillars.
A chapel of St Benedict stood here from 1104; the monastery church consecrated in 1109 held the tombs of dukes Litold Znojemský (1112) and Oldřich Brněnský (1115). Rebuilding as a fortified monastery from about 1240 to 1260 produced the present church, originally dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In 1704 Jan Karel of Valdštejn walled off the presbytery as a castle chapel of St Procopius, and Jan Josef of Valdštejn had the ruin restored by František Maxmilián Kaňka in 1725–1733.
The basilica's patron changed in 1704, when Jan Karel, Count of Valdštejn, had the presbytery walled off and made a castle chapel of St. Procopius there, marking the 500th anniversary of the saint's canonization. In 2020 the roundabouts on Znojemská, Táborská, Samešova, Velkomeziříčská, Míčova and Václavské náměstí were rebuilt to look like the basilica's stained-glass windows.
The basilica stands in the Podklásteří area beside the renovated Třebíč castle, which now houses a museum. A marked tour route called "The Story of the Benedictine Abbey" leads from the castle grounds through the gardens and the moat and past the basilica. The building is a parish church of the Třebíč-zámek parish, so access depends on parish use.
The crypt beneath the basilica holds the tomb of Duke Litold Znojemský, one of the monastery's founders and a powerful local leader. His burial here shows the deep connection between the basilica and the region's early ruling families.
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