Roma Sotterranea; or, Some account of the Roman catacombs especially of the cemetery of San Callisto, compiled from the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author (1869)
Northcote, J. Spencer (James Spencer), 1821-1907, Brownlow, W.-R. (William-R.), 1830-1901, Rossi, Giovanni Battista de, 1822-1894 · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 136
of all the other cemeteries, occurring so frequentlyin the Martyrologies and Lives of the Popes, appear tohave been ignorantly confused with this particular spot; avisit to the cemeteries became synonymous with a visit adcatacumbas, and the term Catacomb gradually came to beregarded as the specific… … Fi(j. 15.— Very nnciciii Sa}to/>ha}^iix,Joi(nd 171 Crypt of St Lucina. BOOK III. CATACOMB OF ST CALLIXTUS. CHAPTER L ITS DISCOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION. Pre-eminenceof the ViaAppia, both inPagan andChristianRome. T N the history of Pagan Rome, says Father Marchi/J- the Via Appia bears the proud…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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