Christian Archaeology

Cemeteries (Cimiteri)

• Amiterno Vol. I, p. 661
  AMITERNO. - Ancient diocese of Latium in the land of the Sabines, and a city on the site where the village of S. Vittorino now stands, so…
• Ancient Christian Cemeteries (CIMITERI CRISTIANI ANTICHI) Vol. III, p. 943
  ANCIENT CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES. - SUMMARY: I. Generalities. - II. Ownership and administration. - III. Theological value of paleochristian…
• Antioch in Syria (ANTIOCHIA DI SIRIA) Vol. I, p. 880
  ANTIOCH IN SYRIA. - City in the fertile valley of the Orontes River, 25 km. from the sea, today Antāhijah. CONTENTS: I. A. in the Bible. -…
• Bolsena Vol. II, p. 1047
  BOLSENA. - Ancient episcopal see of Latium, in the province of Viterbo, along the via Cassia, to the north-east of the lake of the same…
• Cemetery (CIMITERO) Vol. III, p. 957
  CEMETERY. - It is the place destined for the burial of the dead. The Christians of the first centuries, conforming to the Roman laws that…
• Cemetery of Apronianus (APRONIANO, CIMITERO DI) Vol. I, p. 1016
  CEMETERY OF APRONIANUS. - The Hieronymian Martyrology tells us (Dec. 25) that St. Eugenia was buried on the Via Latina in Rome in…
• Cemetery of Praetextatus (PRETESTATO, CIMITERO DI) Vol. IX, p. 1181
  CEMETERY OF PRAETEXTATUS. - Located at the 2nd mile on the left of the Via Appia (currently the entrance is at Via Appia Pignatelli 1). The…
• Cemetery of St. Cyriaca (CIRIACA, CIMITERO DI) Vol. III, p. 996
  CEMETERY OF ST. CYRIACA. - On the Via Tiburtina; it takes its name from the legend that attributes to a widow named C. the deposition of…
• Commodilla, Cemetery of (COMMODILLA, CIMITERO DI) Vol. IV, p. 63
  COMMODILLA, CEMETERY OF. - Near the via Ostiense: entrance on the present-day via delle Sette Chiese. The name is found in the index of…
• Domitilla, Cemetery Of (DOMITILLA, CIMITERO DI) Vol. IV, p. 1065
  DOMITILLA, Cemetery Of. - It is situated on the ancient via Ardeatina, which had its course further west than the present one. Today's…
• Leprignano, Christian Cemetery of (LEPRIGNANO, CIMITERO CRISTIANO DI) Vol. VII, p. 719
  LEPRIGNANO, CHRISTIAN CEMETERY OF. - In December 1911, in the ancient Capenate territory (Rome), today called Capena, at the locality Monte…
• Nicomedes, Cemetery of (NICOMEDE, CIMITERO DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1092
  NICOMEDES, Cemetery of. - The martyr N. is commemorated in the Passio of the martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, which is devoid of historical…
• Novatian Cemetery (Cimitero detto di Novaziano) (NOVAZIANO, CIMITERO DETTO DI) Vol. VIII, p. 1151
  NOVATIAN CEMETERY (Cimitero detto di Novaziano). - Discovered in 1926 and 1929 on the occasion of the widening of the Via Tiburtina and the…
• Nunziatella, Cemetery Known as the (NUNZIATELLA, CIMITERO DETTO DELLA) Vol. VIII, p. 1181
  NUNZIATELLA, Cemetery Known as the. - At the fourth mile of the Via Ardeatina, near the sanctuary of the N. In 1877 a Christian hypogeum…
• Paliano, Cemetery of (PALIANO, CIMITERO DI) Vol. IX, p. 396
  PALIANO, Cemetery of. - Ancient Christian cemetery in the district of S. Quirico, near P., that is, at the 36th mile of the Via Prenestina.…
• Pamphilus Cemetery (PANFILO, CIMITERO DI) Vol. IX, p. 425
  PAMPHILUS CEMETERY. - Located in that stretch of the Via Salaria Vetere that today corresponds to the Via Giovanni Paisiello. The Notitia…
• Priscilla, Cemetery of (PRISCILLA, CIMITERO DI) Vol. X, p. 44
  PRISCILLA, Cemetery of. - On the Via Salaria nuova (today the entrance is at Via Salaria 430). It is indicated in the Depositio martyrum…
• Thuburbo Maius Vol. XII, p. 61
  THUBURBO MAIUS. - Ancient diocese and city in proconsular Africa, called the colony "Iulia Aurelia Commoda Thuburbo Maius," present-day…
• Vibia Vol. XII, p. 864
  VIBIA. - The so-called "hypogeum of V." is also known under other names, such as "of the syncretists", "of the little nuns"; better,…