Rome’s Titular Churches
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. Here, small clandestine congregations, composed mostly of Jewish tradesmen-converts, immigrant slaves and lower-class freedmen, gathered under the roofs of Roman patricians who had […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Maria in Trastevere part 1
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. A sanctuary originally built for Rome’s first Christian community is the first stop on this pilgrimage to some of Rome’s oldest titular churches. […]
The Catacombs of Domitilla and Priscilla part 2
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. CHRISTIANITY OVERTAKES PAGANISM […]
The Catacombs of St. Calixtus part 2
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. GALLERY TOMBS Inside […]
The Catacombs of St. Calixtus part 3
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. THE SHRINE OF […]
The Catacombs of Domitilla and Priscilla part 1
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. Excavated tombs in […]
The Catacombs of St. Calixtus part 1
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. This pilgrimage to […]
The Catacomb of St. Sebastian part 2
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. THE VISIT St. […]
The Catacomb of St. Sebastian part 3
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. REMEMBERING THE APOSTLES […]
The Catacomb of St. Sebastian part 1
Beneath the cypress and pine trees along the Appian Way and other roads leading out of ancient Rome extends a vast city of the dead. Here, in the first centuries AD, early Christians carved out labyrinths of dark tunnels, some on three or four levels, to host underground tombs and secret chapels. Apart from its […]