The catacombs of Saint Callixtus go four levels deep, more than 65 feet below the surface, with twelve miles of galleries winding around a 90-acre plot of land.

Egypt These catacombs near the ancient monolith Pompey’s Pillar in Alexandria were discovered by a donkey. The animal fell through the floor in 1900, revealing the ancient burial chambers below.

The catacombs of St. Callistus were a burial ground for many of the Church’s first popes, including Saint Anterus (235-236), Saint Lucius (253-254), Saint Sixtus II (257-258), and Saint ...

The Catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the most important of the underground cemeteries. They were begun before the time of Callixtus, but were greatly enlarged under his pontificate [A. D.219 ...

A well-known white marble statue of St. Cecelia by the sculptor Stefano Maderno (d. 1636) stands in the basilica; a copy stands at her crypt at the Catacombs of St. Callixtus. Sts. Nereus and Achilles ...

Sacred catacombs open to the public include the Catacombs of Priscilla (Via Salaria, 430), the Catacombs of St Callixtus (Via Appia Antica, 110-126) and the Catacombs of St Agnes (Via Nomentana, 349).

Kribbella catacumbae sp. nov. and Kribbella sancticallisti sp. nov., isolated from whitish-grey patinas in the catacombs of St Callistus in Rome, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2008; 58 (9 ...

On Saturday, October 12, on the occasion of the VII Day of the Catacombs and in preparation for the Jubilee, the Vatican will open some Roman catacombs usually closed to the public, such as St ...

The pilgrimage, scheduled from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., will take participants to the catacombs of St. Sebastian and of St. Callistus and the nearby "Domine Quo Vadis" Church.

A well-known white marble statue of St. Cecelia by the sculptor Stefano Maderno (d. 1636) stands in the basilica; a copy stands at her crypt at the Catacombs of St. Callixtus. Sts. Nereus and Achilles ...

Coming out from the dark passages of the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, in the clear twilight of a winter's evening, one sees rising against the red glow of the sky the broken masses of the ancient ...