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 145

An illustration from 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, leaf 145 — -suaded Pope Pius IX. to purchase both this and the adjacentvineyard ; and three years afterwards, during the excavationsof 1852, the other half of the same marble slab came to light ii8 Roma Sotterranea. in the depths of the subterranean cemetery which underlaythis vineyard. It was found at the… … C 0 KR^LI VS VmAUTT Rfc thus crowned with the seal of absolute certainty. Moreover,he had satisfied himself by a diligent study of all ancientdocuments within his reach, that the tomb of St Corneliuswas very near, though not absolutely within the limits of, thefamous cemetery of St Callixtus, and…

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