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A procession in the San Callistus catacombs in Rome, painted by Alberto Pisa. Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. [1] [2]
An architectural niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment. Loggia A gallery formed by a colonnade open on one or more sides. The space is often located on an upper floor of a building overlooking an open court or garden. Lunette A half-moon shaped space, either masonry or void.
The word catacombs comes from the Latin root word catatumbas meaning either "among the tombs" or, according to other translations from the original Late Latin, "next to the quarry". The later translation stems from the first excavations done to create the catacombs system, which was conducted outside of Rome near the quarry. [3]
The most-discussed discovery in the catacomb was a statue rediscovered by Pirro Ligorio in 1553, now in the entrance hall of the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. It shows a bearded man sitting on a throne, dressed as a philosopher, with the sides of his footstool sculpted with the Greek titles of Hippolytus' books.
The word catacumbas, through a process of extension and assimilation, was gradually used to identify all the hypogeum burial sites, thus simply called catacombs. The underground graveyard, called di San Sebastiano since the Early Middle Ages , was known since the 3rd century as in memoria apostolorum , a toponym referred to the presence within ...
Here may also be classed the abbreviated forms for the name of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost; also for the names of the Blessed Virgin, the saints, etc.; likewise abbreviations used in the administration of the Sacraments, mortuary epitaphs, etc. (to which class belong the numerous Catacomb inscriptions); finally some miscellaneous ...
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The Catacombs of Commodilla or Catacombs of Felix and Adauctus is a three-level underground burial complex forming one of the catacombs of Rome. It is sited on via delle Sette Chiese , not very far from via Ostiense, in the Ostiense quartiere.