Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 190
into close relation with thetombs of the martyrs; that it was celebrated either in themartyrs crypt and upon his tomb, or in a chapel directly aboveit. The great basilicas which Constantine and later emperorsbuilt above the tombs of the Apostles and martyrs were inthorough keeping with early… … Fig. 55. — Altar with confessio, S. Giorgio in Velabro, Rome. the closest possible relation with the tomb, or be located atleast directly above it. To accomplish this end, hillsides wereexcavated and whole galleries of the catacombs were cut away.Many tombs had to be destroyed in reaching the grave…
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