Christian Archaeology
Archeologia Cristiana · 66 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsPlaces (Luoghi)
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Adrumetum (ADRUMETO)
ADRUMETUM. - An agricultural and commercial center in Byzacena, today Sussa (French Sousse) in Tunisia. It was called for some time… -
Amasea
AMASEA. - The first city of the province of Helenopontus in Asia Minor, on the river Iris; capital of the province in the imperial period,… -
Ancyra (ANCIRA)
ANCYRA. - City of Galatia in Asia Minor, now Angora (Turkish Ankara), capital of present-day Turkey. It must have received the Christian… -
Anzio
ANZIO. - A Volscian city 58 km from Rome, with a famous port (Caenon), subjected in 338 B.C. by the Romans, who, toward the end of the… -
Aquileia
AQUILEIA. - Today a village of Friuli in the province of Udine, near the lagoon of Grado, on the river Nattissa, which connects it to the… -
Aracoeli
ARACOELI. - In the oldest recension of the Mirabilia urbis Romae (about the middle of the 12th century) the name of A. occurs for the first… -
Aricanda
ARICANDA. - Ancient city of Lycia (Arykanda), today a village called Aruf, where the text of a curious petition sent to Maximinus was… -
Auriol
AURIOL. - French town in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, famous for two early Christian altars of singular shape, destroyed along with… -
Besançon
BESANÇON - Offering table (5th-6th centuries), with a Constantinian monogram and the inscription: « Hoc signum praestat populis caelestia… -
Bostra
BOSTRA. - City of the Hawrân, ancient capital of the Roman province of Arabia established by Trajan in the year 106. Christianity was… -
Butrint (BUTRINTO)
BUTRINT. - Ancient city of Epirus (today in southern Albania, prefecture of Gjirokastër) situated south of Saranda, in a locality close to… -
Canosa
CANOSA. - City of Apulia, in the province of Bari, of ancient origin, known for its necropolises with rich grave goods and for notable… -
Carnuntum
CARNUNTUM. - City of Upper Pannonia (Austria) in the Danube valley, a very ancient road center of great commercial and strategic importance… -
Casarano (CASARANELLO)
CASARANO. - A locality in Apulia, on the Salento peninsula, birthplace of Pope Boniface IX (Pietro Tomacelli: 1389-1404); after falling… -
Castelseprio
CASTELSEPRIO. - A comune in the province of Como. The church of S. Maria foris portas, particularly notable for its plan and for its… -
Cherchell (CHERCHEL)
CHERCHELL. - In Algeria. It is the ancient Caesarea in Mauretania, founded by the Carthaginians, who called it Iol (a Phoenician deity).… -
Christian East (ORIENTE CRISTIANO)
CHRISTIAN EAST. - Besides the individual entries, to which reference is made, an overall view is necessary to serve as a general… -
Cividale Del Friuli
CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI. - Roman remains and particularly inscriptions (which do not appear to have been brought there from elsewhere) attest… -
Crete (CRETA)
CRETE. - Island in the Mediterranean south-east of Greece, also called Candia from the name of its principal city. 250 km long from east to… -
Cuma
CUMA. - Testimonies of an ancient Christian community at C. are found in two pagan temples erected in the Greek period, rebuilt in the… -
Cyprus (Cipro)
Cyprus. - By area (9,283 sq km), it is the third island of the Mediterranean. CONTENTS: I. Geography. - II. History. - III. Ecclesiastical… -
Fariana (FERIANA)
FARIANA. - It is the name of the modern village in Tunisia, a short distance from which, at the locality Medinet el Kdim, lie the ruins of… -
Filippi
FILIPPI. - The first city of Macedonia evangelized during the second apostolic journey by Paul and Silas, to whom Timothy and Luke had… -
Geras (Geras) (GÉRASA)
GERAS (GERAS). - A Greco-Roman city in Transjordan, today Jerash, on the banks of the river Chrysorrhoas (Wadi Jerash), whence the name… -
Grado
GRADO. - The ancient name of G. is Gradus, the first port of call for ships bound for Aquileia along the Natisone (like Gradus Arnensis =… -
Haidra (HAÏDRA)
HAIDRA. - Arabic name of a small Roman town called Ammaedera or also Ammaedara in an inscription (CIL, 8, 11532), "Ad Medera" in the… -
Herculaneum (ERCOLANO)
HERCULANEUM. - A small town in Campania buried together with nearby Pompeii (v.) by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and only in the… -
Hippo (IPPONA)
HIPPO. - A city on the coasts of the Mediterranean, in Numidia (north Africa), today situated 2 km southwest of present-day Bona in… -
Jerusalem (GERUSALEMME)
JERUSALEM. - Principal city of Palestine, religious capital and center of biblical history. SUMMARY: I. Ancient history. - II. The… -
Labicum
LABICUM. - The city of L., also called "Labicum Quintanense", was situated at the fifteenth milestone on the Via Labicana, and as early as… -
Lambesis
LAMBESIS. - In Numidia (present-day Algeria) on the Aurès, on the Roman road toward the desert. It was the seat of the III Augusta legion… -
Leptis
LEPTIS. - A city in North Africa (Libya) which the Romans called Lepcis; to distinguish it from the namesake city in Byzacena it was called… -
Madaba
MADABA. - City (Heb. Mēdhhbā'; Septuagint Mᾶᾶᾶᾶ and Mᾶᾶᾶ; Vulgate Medaba; stele of Mesha: Mhab') in Jordan, 8 km southeast of Heshbon (v.).… -
Massa Martana
MASSA MARTANA. - A small town in Umbria that derived its name from the "Vicus Martis Tudertium." G. Sordini discovered near M. M. an… -
Mérida (MĚRIDA)
MÉRIDA. - It is the ancient colony of Emerita Augusta, a Spanish city located in the province of Badajoz on the right bank of the Guadiana.… -
Mileto
MILETO. - A city located on the coast of Asia Minor near the mouths of the Meander. Inhabited already in prehistoric times, it was occupied… -
Monza
MONZA. - City in Lombardy (diocese of Milan), which was of great importance in the time of the Lombards, who enriched it with monuments.… -
Narbonne (NARBONA)
NARBONNE. - Ancient diocese and city in southern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Aude. Occupied first by the… -
Nicaea (NICEA)
NICAEA. - Ancient city of Bithynia, today a mere village, founded in 316 B.C., under the name of Antigoneia, in the Hellespontine Phrygia,… -
Nicopolis Of Epirus (NICOPOLI D'EPIRO)
NICOPOLIS OF EPIRUS. - City founded by Augustus as a monument to his victory at Actium. Favored by the Emperor and by its excellent… -
Nubia
NUBIA. - In medieval historical geography, N. means that part of the Nile valley which lies south of the first cataract up to about the… -
Orsera
ORSERA. - An Istrian municipality near Parenzo. Ursaria appears in the "Tabula Peutingeriana," where the name is attributed to an island,… -
Osroene
OSROENE. - The Christian province of O. took shape within its definitive boundaries rather late, around the middle of the 5th century: its… -
Ostia
OSTIA. - City and suburban see in the province of Rome. By decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory of 22 May 1948, the area of… -
Podgorica (PODGORITZA)
PODGORICA. - It is the ancient "Dioclea" in eastern Illyricum, where in 1873 a large dish of diaphanous white glass with raised rims was… -
Rignano Flaminio
RIGNANO FLAMINIO. - At the twenty-sixth mile of the Via Flaminia, nestled at the foot of Soratto, lies R. F., which, under the name of… -
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (SAINT-REMY-DE-PROVENCE)
SAINT-RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE. - A small town at the foot of the Alpilles in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in France. It is situated north of… -
Salamis (SALAMINA)
SALAMINA - City on the eastern shore of the island of Cyprus. It dates back at least to the 6th century B.C. It was a flourishing Jewish… -
Salona
SALONA. - Today a small village in Dalmatia, > (courtesy of Msgr. d. P. Frutasi) > SALONA - Sarcophagus of the Good Shepherd (4th century)… -
Sbeitla
SBEITLA. - Sufetula in Byzacena, today S. in Tunisia, was a notable Roman city that appears as early as the time of Vespasian (CIL, VIII,… -
Sétif (SETIF)
SÉTIF. - It is Sitifis, a Roman colony of veterans founded by Nerva in Mauretania (Algeria), called "Colonia Nerviana Augusta Martiaris… -
Sicca Veneria
SICCA VENERIA. - It is the Roman Colonia Iulia Veneria Cirta nova Sicca in proconsular Africa, today El-Kef in Tunisia. Known from the time… -
Sinnada of Phrygia (SINNADA DI FRIGIA)
SINNADA OF PHRYGIA. - It is the present-day Çifitkasaba, formerly a metropolitan see of Phrygia Salutaris, now a titular archiepiscopal see… -
Sohag (SOHÄG)
SOHAG. - A locality in Middle Egypt, near which there still stand, still fairly well preserved in their essential parts, the two most… -
Sophia (SOFIA)
SOPHIA. - Capital city of Bulgaria (v.), thus named after the ancient Basilica dedicated to St. Sofia (Sveta Sofija), it is the most… -
Stobi
STOBI. - Ancient city of Paeonia, on the site of the present-day village of Pusto-Gradako. In 386 A.D. it was the capital of Macedonia II… -
Tabarca
TABARCA. - It is the ancient Thabraca in proconsular Africa, a flourishing commercial port on the Mediterranean. It was a municipium and… -
Tebessa
TEBESSA. - Theveste, a city and ancient diocese located in proconsular Africa, present-day Algeria, is today a titular see. From the… -
Thelepte
THELEPTE. - Ancient small town of Byzacena, southeast of Tebessa in North Africa, also called Feriana and Medinet-el-Kedima. The… -
Tiddis
TIDDIS. - Ancient diocese in Numidia, in present-day Algeria, today a titular see. It is the ancient "Castellum Tidditanum," 40 km from… -
Tigzirt
TIGZIRT. - A modern village on the Roman ruins of Rusucurru in Mauretania Caesariensis, present-day Algeria. Rusucurru is mentioned by… -
Timavus (TIMAVO)
TIMAVUS. — The mouths of the river, which after 40 km. of underground course gushes out from the rock onto the sea, were the site of a very… -
Tipasa
TIPASA. - A small town in Mauretania Caesariensis (present-day Algeria) on the shores of the Mediterranean, 70 km west of Algiers. Probably… -
Vaison
VAISON. - Ancient diocese and small town on the banks of the Ouvèze, today in the archdiocese of Avignon in France. It was the ancient… -
Volubilis
VOLUBILIS. - A Roman city in the interior of Mauretania Tingitana, present-day Morocco. It was the residence of King Juba and of the Roman… -
Vulci
VULCI. - Ancient Etruscan city near the Via Aurelia, about 20 km. northwest of Tarquinia. It flourished until 280 B.C., when it was…