The Roman Catacombs

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Excerpt from The Roman Catacombs: Or Some Account of the Burial Places of the EarlyHistory OR the catacombs. - Circumstances under which the Christians began the excavations. They were used for burial, for religious assembly, and for conceal ment. S. Jerome's description of the Catacombs. 'la manarza. Ventilation. Changes in the time of Constan tine. Translation, Of the relics of martyrs. The Cata combs not mentioned from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. Bosic'e discoveries. Labours Of Father Marchi. Appointment Of a commission by Pope Pius IX, to super intend new excavations in the Catacombs. Page 18.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.