Leporiano, Christian Cemetery of

LEPRIGNANO, CIMITERO CRISTIANO. — In December 1911, in the ancient Capenate territory (Rome), today called Capena, in the locality of Monte della Casetta, several cemetery galleries came to light, with tombs still intact.

One of these preserves, scratched into the plaster, the inscription of an Evangelia, with the consular date of Leontius and Sallustius (the year 344). In an arcosolium there was also an inscription scratched into the plaster, imploring that the tomb not be opened. Two marble inscriptions referred, one to the year 345 and the other, with the monogram 5, to a presbyter named Martius Firmissimus; in a tomb near the head of the deceased, a glass flask was found.

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BIBL.: O. Marucchi, Scoperta di un antico cimitero cristiano, in Nuovo bull. di arch. crist., 17 (1911), pp. 239–40; 18 (1912), pp. 183–84. Enrico Josi

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“LEPRIGNANO, CIMITERO CRISTIANO DI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 719. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/leprignano-cimitero-cristiano-di.