The Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD. The catacombs were named in reference
The Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Petrus and Marcellinus, mid-3rd century A.D.
One of the chambers in the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter
Image of Jonah being lowered into the sea in the midst of the storm as a sacrifice to save those aboard the ship.
Orpheus adorned in Roman battle attire playing a lyre from the walls of the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter.
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The Catacombs of Rome are ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around Rome, of which there are at least forty, some rediscovered since 1578, others even as late as the 1950s.
Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter
…Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD. The catacombs were named in reference to the Christian martyrs Marcellinus and Peter who may have been buried there according to legend, near the body of St. Tiburtius…
A Eucharistic fresco, Catacomb of Callixtus
Good Shepherd fresco from the Catacombs of San Callisto
Carved Roman sarcophagus
An earlier catacomb wall art, depicting Adam and Eve from the Old Testament.