ROME — The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials ...

ROME — The Internet’s largest search engine has created a digital map of two large catacombs in Rome, hoping to expose users to the historical sites’ beauty and spark curiosity to learn more about ...

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12. Synod of Synodality ...

Rome, Nov 25 (EFE).Rome, Nov 25 (EFE). — The cubicle that houses frescoes representing the resurrection of Lazarus is one of the latest, most magnificent discoveries to be found in the Roman Catacombs ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of the ...

The Roman catacombs are intricate labyrinths of burial chambers that were built roughly between the third and fifth century A.D. They are considered among the most important relics of early ...

Rome’s catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the seventh edition of Day of the Catacombs. A press release ...

A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. VOL. I.—MARCH, 1858.—NO. V. -parti elette Di Roma, che son state cimitero Alla milizia che Pietro seguette. PAHADISO, C. ix. “ROMA SOTTERRANEA,”—the ...

Vix fama nota est, abditis Quam plena sanctis Roma sit; Quam dives urbauum solum gacrls Sepulchris tloreat. THE results of the investigations in the catacombs during the last three or four years have ...