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 164

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 164 — ondition and of the reverent care with which succes-sive generations of the ancient Church did their best to adornthis chamber. The cause of this extraordinary and long-continued veneration is revealed to us by a few grave-stones, which have been recovered from amid the rubbish, and whichare now… … 138 Roma Sotterranea. We have every reason to believe that these are the originaltombstones of St Anteros and St Fabian, who sat in the chairof Peter from a.d. 235 to 250; of St Lucius, who reigned in252 ; and of St Eutychianus, who died nearly thirty years later.De Rossi says so most…

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