Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs — John Shaqi
Fabiola; Or, The Church of the CatacombsWiseman, Nicholas Patrick
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Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick
Christian fiction; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction; Historical fiction
THE ANCHOR AND FISHES, AN EMBLEM OF CHRISTIANITY, FOUND IN THE
CATACOMBS 307
“HAUGHTY ROMAN DAME! THOU SHALT BITTERLY RUE THIS DAY AND
HOUR” 313
A LAMB BETWEEN WOLVES, EMBLEMATIC OF THE CHURCH, FROM A PICTURE
IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. PRÆTEXTATUS 314
AN EMBLEM OF PARADISE, FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 329
RUINS OF THE BASILICA OF ST. ALEXANDER, ON THE NOMENTAN WAY,
FROM ROLLER’S “CATACOMBES DE ROME” 342
PLAN OF SUBTERRANEAN CHURCH, IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. AGNES 345
A CATHEDRA, OR EPISCOPAL CHAIR, IN CATACOMB OF ST. AGNES 346
AN ALTAR WITH ITS EPISCOPAL CHAIR, IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. AGNES 348
AN ALTAR IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. SIXTUS 352
THE CURE OF THE MAN BORN BLIND, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CATACOMBS 355
THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CEMETERY OF ST.
DOMITILLA 367
JESUS CURES THE BLIND MAN, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CEMETERY OF
ST. DOMITILLA 380
THE ANCHOR AND FISH, EMBLEMATIC OF CHRISTIANITY, FOUND IN THE
CATACOMBS 389
THE MAMERTINE PRISON 398
THE BLESSED VIRGIN, FROM A PORTRAIT FOUND IN THE CEMETERY OF
ST. AGNES 402
THE COLISEUM 420
A LAMP BEARING A MONOGRAM OF CHRIST, FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 430
ELIAS CARRIED TO HEAVEN, FROM A PICTURE FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 447
MOSES RECEIVING THE LAW, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CEMETERY OF
“INTER DUOS LAUROS” 456
CHRIST BLESSING A CHILD, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CEMETERY OF THE
LATIN WAY 463
CHAINS FOR THE MARTYRS, AFTER A PICTURE FOUND IN 1841, IN A CRYPT
AT MILAN 480
A BLOOD URN, USED AS A MARK FOR A MARTYR’S GRAVE 489
THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS, FROM THE CEMETERY OF ST. DOMITILLA 490
CEMETERY OF CALLISTUS 508
ORDINATION, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CATACOMBS 531
PORTRAIT OF OUR SAVIOUR, FROM THE CATACOMB OF ST. CALLISTUS 548
CONSTANTINE, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR, AFTER A MEDAL OF THE
TIME 549
DIOCLESIAN, AFTER A MEDAL IN THE CABINET OF FRANCE 550
LUCINIUS, MAXENTIUS, GALERIUS-MAXIMINUS, FROM GOLD AND SILVER
MEDALS IN THE FRENCH COLLECTION 550
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