Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 49
to remove the remains of the popesand martyrs into the basilicas of the city for safe-keeping. Thiswas accomplished under Paschalis L, who, in 817. transported thebones from the Papal Vault, as well as the coffin of St. Cecilia, stillintact at that time, from the ruined cemetery to the churches… … Fig. 7.—Section of a Crypt in the Catacomb of St. Peter and St. Marcellinus. into decay after this time, and has been re-opened and examined forthe first time within our own century. The Papal Vault was dis-covered in 1854. The form of the other cemeteries of Rome, dating from thesecond and third…
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