Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 190
it has been shown thatthe Eucharist w^as early brought 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… … illlillillllllll,llj :•. ■ w ■ ^ il, ^^-^ r ■ • L- k. w ,i;:i^i v./lliil. iHMiiM.. i::i __J:ilil_:Siii ig l«Sil;li tf ^^^ Fig. 55. — Altar with confessio, S. Giorgio in Velabro, Kome. the closest possible relation with the tomb, or be located atleast directly above it. To accomplish this end,…
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