Catacombs of Praetextatus
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The complex of the Catacombs of Praetextatus catacombs of Rome is located on the left side of the via Appia in the modern-day Appio-Latino quarter of Rome. Its modern entrance is on the via Appia Pignatelli. It is named after either its founder or the person who donated the land for its construction.[1]
Topography
[edit]History
[edit]Martyrs
[edit]Description
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Italian) "Catacombe di Pretestato". Cultura e svago. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
Bibliography (in Italian)
[edit]- Lucrezia Spera (2004). Il complesso di Pretestato sulla Via Appia: storia topografica e monumentale di un insediamento funerario paleocristiano nel suburbio di Roma. Città del Vaticano.
- Leonella De Santis, Giuseppe Biamonte (1997). Le catacombe di Roma. Roma: Newton & Compton. p. 52.63.
- Mazzei Barbara, Salvetti Carla (2000). "Il sarcofago attico degli Amorini a Pretestato. Restauro e nuove considerazioni iconografiche". Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana. 76. Città del Vaticano: pontificio istituto di archeologia: 218.
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