. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. peror Caligula. It had been hewnout by Pharaohs workmen, but hadnever been erected in Egypt. In1586 it was removed from the Circusand placed in front of St. PetersChurch in Rome. Standing by thissolemn, silent witness of the death ofPaul the mind is carried back to the sufferings of this heroic servant of circus 0/ jvero, from a It bears the inscription: Christ is triumphant! Christ reigns! Christ is emperor! Christpaid all our debts. Reference has been made to the
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. peror Caligula. It had been hewnout by Pharaohs workmen, but hadnever been erected in Egypt. In1586 it was removed from the Circusand placed in front of St. PetersChurch in Rome. Standing by thissolemn, silent witness of the death ofPaul the mind is carried back to the sufferings of this heroic servant of circus 0/ jvero, from a It bears the inscription: Christ is triumphant! Christ reigns! Christ is emperor! Christpaid all our debts. Reference has been made to the fact that when Paulwent to Rome it was the custom among the Romans toburn the bodies of the dead. The ashes were put in vases and these were deposited inunderground vaults, espe-cially prepared for that pur-pose and called columba-ria. Like the Catacombs,the columbaria were cut inrock. In the galleries oneither side niches were cutand in these were placedthe cinerary urns or vasescontaining the ashes of thedead. Beneath these wereplaced marble slabs containing inscriptions relating tothose whose ashes rested here,. Portrait of Paul painted on a Glass V%seof the Fifth Century.
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