Monuments of the early church . ^ referred equally to both. It is thisbroad significance of the word which has given rise to thenotion that the Christians sometimes actually retired to livein the catacombs. The LWer Fontijicalis, in the life of Libe-rius, says: eoclem tempore (Constantius) misit et revocavit Libe-lium (le ccemeterio beatce Agnes ubi sedebat; and in the life of. Fui. 11. Boniface I., habitavit Bonifacius in ccemeterio sanctce Felicitatismartiris via Salaria. By dwelling in the cemetery is evi-dently meant, in some house connected with the cemeterialchapels or basilicas, or perh
Monuments of the early church . ^ referred equally to both. It is thisbroad significance of the word which has given rise to thenotion that the Christians sometimes actually retired to livein the catacombs. The LWer Fontijicalis, in the life of Libe-rius, says: eoclem tempore (Constantius) misit et revocavit Libe-lium (le ccemeterio beatce Agnes ubi sedebat; and in the life of. Fui. 11. Boniface I., habitavit Bonifacius in ccemeterio sanctce Felicitatismartiris via Salaria. By dwelling in the cemetery is evi-dently meant, in some house connected with the cemeterialchapels or basilicas, or perhaps in the villa under which thecemetery may have been originally excavated. In Africa the superficial cemetery was called an area. Inseveral places in Italy the name hortiis (garden) was appliedto the cemeteries, and this word is sufficiently suggestive ofthe appearance of the place. The area was surrounded by ahedge or wall, and it was planted with cypresses and en- SURFACE BURIAL 49 livened with flowers as are the cemeteries of to-day. Tracesof tae wall have been discovered at S. Callistus, and the wallabout the cemetery of Cyriaca in agro Ver^no (which is thepresent camjm santo of Rome) was adorned in part by porcheson its inner side. Even if these constructions are subsequentto the Peace of the Church, they no doubt represent substan-tially the early mode of markin
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