Guide with Reconstructions of Roman Catacombs and the Vatican Necropolis
Publisher: Vision
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Format: Comb binding
Table of contents: title: Introduction / P. Testini; title: The myth of the catacombs; title: Funerary rites and Roman cemeteries; title: Why catacombs?; title: The first Christian cemeteries in Rome; title: "Retro Sanctos" : close to the martyrs; title: Pop Damasus and the first underground sanctuaries; title: The catacombs as a place of worship before being abandoned; title: From the first explorers to the present scientific studies; title: The Catacomb of St. Callistus; title: The Catacomb of Domitilla; title: The Catacomb of Saint Sebastian; title: The Catacomb of Priscilla; title: The Vatican Necropolis; title: Glossary