The man in the mosaic portrait wears a tunic decorated with red colored bands and a pallium adorned with a large “contabulatio”. These garments attest the high rank of our character. Situated in the south hall of the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta Roman Catholic Church . The village of Aquileila is in the Friuli–Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy, on the Natisone River near the Adriatic coast, northwest of Trieste.