Rome catacombs with newly restored frescoes to reopen to public.
The fourth-century Catacombs of Commodilla within the Garbatella space of Rome will quickly reopen to the general public after their frescoes have been restored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Fee of Sacred Archaeology.
Regarded as named after the Roman matron who donated the location, the catacombs might be discovered below the Parco di Villa Giovannipoli, alongside Through delle Sette Chiese on what was the traditional Through Ostiensis.
The underground advanced, as soon as a pozzolana quarry, is unfold out over three ranges.
The location comprises the crypt with the tombs of the martyrs Felix and Adautto, two priest brothers believed to have been killed through the Christian persecution below Emperor Diocletian, in regards to the yr 303.
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Within the underground church there are frescoes of Christ handing over the keys to St Peter, flanked by St Adautto and St Merita, alongside an outline of St Paul, St Felix and St Stephen Orante.
There may be additionally a curious graffito inscription relationship from the primary half of the ninth century – Non dicere ille secrita a bboce – a hybrid of Latin and vernacular Italian that interprets as “do not say the secrets and techniques out loud”.
A peculiarity of the Catacombs of Commodilla, which distinguishes them from different Roman catacombs, is the presence of deep sq. pits with as much as 20 loculi organized within the partitions and superimposed on one another, in all probability attributable to excessive demand and lack of house.
An inauguration ceremony was held on 23 June to mark the restoration of the frescoes, attended by the top of the Pontifical Fee of Sacred Archaeology, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, and the president of the native metropolis council, Amedeo Ciaccheri.
“A mirror metropolis that sleeps beneath us might be visited once more and is an exception that solely Rome can supply” – mentioned Ciaccheri – “It is a vital step in view of the 2025 Jubilee to return a hidden treasure to town and to the world”.
For visiting particulars see official web site whereas info on the catacombs in English might be discovered right here.
Picture by Rahman Mustafayev
