Pope Callixtus I
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Pope Callixtus I, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius an
Fresco originally located in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, c. 450
Excerpt from a mosaic in the apse of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, c. 12th century
Catacomb of Callixtus
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The Catacomb of Callixtus is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes, which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centurie
Pope Callixtus I
…a deacon by Pope Zephyrinus and appointed superintendent of the Christian cemetery on the Appian Way. That place, which is to this day called the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, became the burial-ground of many popes and was the first land property owned by the Church. Emperor Julian the Apostate, writing to a pagan priest…
Entrance to the areal of the Catacomb of Callixtus.
Grave niches in the Catacomb of Callixtus
Christians celebrating Liturgy in the catacombs.
Grave of St. Cecilia, March, 2018.