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Catacomba di Santa Tecla

Historic site · Ostiense, Lazio

A small catacomb on via Silvio d'Amico, which follows the line of the old via delle Statue. No source states opening arrangements, so none are given here.

History

A 4th-century underground basilica stands over a 3rd-century cemetery, whose three ambulacra are laid out as an isosceles triangle with 22 burial chambers. Who Tecla was is unresolved: Paul Styger argued for Thecla of Iconium, while Umberto Maria Fasola, who excavated the site in the later 20th century, argued for a Roman woman martyred under Diocletian.

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Via Silvio d'Amico, Roma RM

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