The frescoes of the Santa Priscilla catacombs in Rome call our knowledge of the past into question and challenge the teachings of the Church. Amanda Ruggeri investigates. When archaeologists in ...

beginning with the first excavation of the Catacombs of Priscilla in 1578. American author and art historian Paul Koudounaris wrote about the catacomb saints in his 2013 book "Heavenly Bodies ...

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 ...

The website of the Catacombs of Priscilla, used from the second to the fifth centuries, says, "because of the great number of martyrs buried within it, it was called 'regina catacumbarum' -- the ...

such as the Catacombs of Priscilla at 430 Via Salaria. In use from the first century until the sixth, catacombs are essentially corridors of tombs linked by narrow tunnels. Some of Rome’s 67 ...

ROME – The Vatican has unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image of the Madonna with Child — and frescoes said by some to show ...

Last Monday, Pope Francis celebrated the feast of All Soul’s with a Mass held in the ancient catacombs of Priscilla in Rome. It was Francis’ first visit to the underground catacombs and in ...

As the Vatican reopened the Catacombs of Priscilla after years of restoration, the frescoes in the second century catacombs featuring images of women have retriggered a debate on women priests in ...

ROME (AP) The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image of the Madonna with Child and frescoes said by some to ...

ROME (Reuters) - Proponents of a female priesthood say frescoes in the newly restored Catacombs of Priscilla prove there were women priests in early Christianity. The Vatican says such assertions ...

The frescoes of the Santa Priscilla catacombs in Rome call our knowledge of the past into question and challenge the teachings of the Church. Amanda Ruggeri investigates. When archaeologists in ...