Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XLV · Syracuse, Archdiocese of

Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
Above left: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI ALLE CATACOMBE (4th-5th cent.). Above right: ARCOSOLIUM OF MARCIA, Christ between Peter and Paul. Left: Marcia, greenfiesta (the name and age of the defunct are indicated in the inscription on the side, while the fragment of inscription on the front of the arcosolium contains the invocation to the Saviour). Fresco from the mid-4th cent. - Syracuse, Catacomb of Cassia. Below left: CUBICULUM WITH FLORAL DECORATION from the 2nd half of the 3rd cent. - Syracuse, Catacomb of Cassia. Below right: CRYPT OF S. MARZIANO, in the Catacombs of S. Giovanni (4th-6th cent.). Surroundings of Syracuse.
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Plate XLV
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Plate XLV
Plate XLV
Above left: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI ALLE CATACOMBE (4th-5th cent.). Above right: ARCOSOLIUM OF MARCIA, Christ between Peter and Paul. Left: Marcia, greenfiesta (the name and age of the defunct are indicated in the inscription on the side, while the fragment of inscription on the front of the arcosolium contains the invocation to the Saviour). Fresco from the mid-4th cent. - Syracuse, Catacomb of Cassia. Below left: CUBICULUM WITH FLORAL DECORATION from the 2nd half of the 3rd cent. - Syracuse, Catacomb of Cassia. Below right: CRYPT OF S. MARZIANO, in the Catacombs of S. Giovanni (4th-6th cent.). Surroundings of Syracuse.

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