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Christian archaeology; (1888)

Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 90

An illustration from Christian archaeology;, 1888, leaf 90
)t of Santa Lucina seems entirely paganin its subject with the exception of the involved inscrip- uiysses andtion at the left, which has been deciphered TYRANIO, ^^^ Sirens.and is believed by some to be an obscured cross. This heathen fable Mill i ^^^^ 7?;^r^ … Kisr. .1—Ulysses and the Sirens. Fnnu the crypt nf Santa Lucina, Rome is, nevertheless, alluded to by the early Christian writers, and ismade to serve a happy purpose in the enforcement of Christianfidelity and self-denial. These references to the pagan mythology are only what might beregarded as…

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