Assertion: altar | /r/HasProperty | placed above the tomb
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Source sentences:
text: The altar in such cases was placed above the tomb with which it was brought into the closest relation possible.
text: As the sanctuary was elevated above the floor of the basilica the altar could thus be placed immediately above the tomb, while the people in the body of the church could approach the confessio and through a grating (fenestella confessionis) obtain a view of the relics.