Pilgrims coming to Rome will have the opportunity to see the newly restored tomb of one of the first Catholic popes.

That catacomb is known as St. Callixtus. The Christians of Rome buried their dead — martyrs and non-martyrs alike — in the catacombs, and visited the tombs just as we visit the graves of our ...

430), the Catacombs of St Callixtus (Via Appia Antica, 110-126) and the Catacombs of St Agnes (Via Nomentana, 349). The Vatican provides details on how to visit these and other holy burial sites.

The discovery of the ancient entrance to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, and of the chapel within, where St. Cecilia was originally buried, is a piece of the very romance of Archaeology.

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12. Synod of ...

In the first half of the second century, they began to create tombs, allowing other Christians to use them too, thus creating the Catacombs of St Callixtus. Over the years, dozens of martyrs and ...

The Catacombs of Saint Callistus are part of a massive graveyard that covers 15 hectares, equivalent to more than 20 football pitches. The underground tombs were built at the end of the 2nd ...

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12. Each synod ...

The paintings of the catacombs are rarely to be compared ... In a picture of very early date in the Catacomb of St. Callixtus, the Good Shepherd stands between a goat and a sheep, “as a shepherd ...