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painting of the " Fractio Panis " or eucharistic feast, which he cleansed from the dust with which it had been covered. The picture of the Blessed Virgin and See also:

Child, which De Rossi ascribed to the 2nd, if not to the 1st See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, has received an unexpected See also:

PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of its antiquity. In 1890 the See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of the See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery in which it stands was excavated, and another floor was found to be 6 ft. below its supposed level. The loculi in this See also:

LOWER

lower portion were intact, with See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of the 2nd century still in their places, proving that the See also:

NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche in which that picture was painted must have been considerably older than the 1pwering ofthe floor. A See also:

FLIGHT

flight of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron steps enables the visitor now to examine this See also:

VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

venerable specimen of See also:

early Christian See also:

art.

After the death of De Rossi, one of his pupils, H. See also:

Stevenson, since dead, discovered in 1896 a small subterranean basilica in the See also:

CATACOMB

catacomb of Santi Pietro e Marcellino on the Via See also:

LABICANA, VIA

Labicana, with pious acclamations on the See also:

PLASTER

plaster similar to those in the Papal crypt in St See also:

Calixtus. Near the well-known subterranean See also:

CHAPEL

chapel in the Coemeterium Ostrianum was discovered by Mgr. Crostarosa, in 1877, another chapel, in which Signor Armellini found traces of St Emerentiana, See also:

foster-See also:

SISTER

sister of St See also:

AGNES, SAINT

Agnes. Near this a whole region of galleries has been brought to See also:

LIGHT

light with loculi intact. Explorations conducted in the See also:

CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery of Domitilla in 1897–1898 brought to light a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

double crypt with frescoes representing See also:

Christ seated between six male and See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints; also an inscription See also:

RELATING

relating to a new See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint (Eulalius) in a cubiculum of the 3rd century. In 1899–1900 were discovered two opposite cubicula in the catacomb of Santi Pietro e Marcellino. These were unknown to Bosio, and are both covered with frescoes, the vault being in one See also:

case decorated with the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene which represents Christ seated among the apostles and pronouncing See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence upon the defunct. An inscription discovered in 1900 on the site of the See also:

ancient cemetery of St Ciriaca, and dating from A.D. 405, states that one Euryalus bought a site ad mensam beati martyris Laurentii from a certain fossor whose name has been erased. This is interesting as an example of what was known as memoriae damnatio or the blotting out of a name on See also:

account of some dishonourable See also:

ACTION

action. From the end of the 4th to the first See also:

HALF

half of the 5th century, the fossores had the See also:

PRIVILEGE

privilege of selling sites, which frequently led to See also:

GRAVE

grave abuses.

In 1901–1902 excavations in the cemetery of See also:

SANTA

Santa Priscilla, near the Cappella Greca, revealed a polygonal chamber. This may have originally been the See also:

NYMPHAEUM (Gr. vbµcbatov, vvµja"aov)

nymphaeum of the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

VILLA

villa of the Acilii Glabriones, the hypogaeum of which was discovered by De Rossi near this spot in 1888. It may have been used as a See also:

BURIAL

burial-place for martyrs, and See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Marucchi is inclined to see in it the sepulchral chapel of Pope See also:

MARCELLINUS, ST

Marcellinus, who died in A.D. 304 during the persecutions of See also:

Diocletian. In 1902, in that See also:

PART

part of the Via Ardeatina which passes between the cemeteries of Calixtus and Domitilla, was discovered a crypt with frescoes and the See also:

SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary of a See also:

MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr: it is thought that this, rather than a neighbouring crypt brought to light in 1897, may prove to be the sepulchral crypt of SS. See also:

MARCUS

Marcus and Marcellianus.

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