[247] Le plupart des corps saints trouvés dans les Catacombes manquant de noms propre, ont reçu lorsqu’on les a exposés à la vénération publique, des noms de circonstance, qui n’ont qu’une signification vague; comme Felix, Fortunatus, Victor.--_Année Liturgique à Rome_, p. 151. [248] _Childe Harold._ Boniface IV. is said to have previously transferred twenty-eight cartloads of relics from the Catacombs to this place. He thus, as we read in barbaric verse on his epitaph in the crypt of St. Peter’s, purified the shrine of all the demons, and dedicated it to all the saints: “--Templa ... Delubra cunctorum fuerant quæ demonorum (_sic_) Hic expurgavit sanctis cunctisque dicavit.” [249] Quasi spelunca di ladron son fatti, Tal ch’à buon solamente uscio si chiude; E tra le altari, e tra statue ignude, Ogni impressa crudel par che si tratti. _Canzone xi._ [250] This ancient use of the Catacombs has not been forgotten in modern times. That intrepid pontiff, Pius VII., rather than yield to the demands of the first Napoleon, threatened to retire to those gloomy recesses which had sheltered so many of the primitive bishops. [251] MacFarlane, p. 36. [252] _Ibid._, 49, 50. [253] “Fuit hic ad visitandum sanctum locum istum.” [254] “Quidem Scoti hic fuerunt.” [255] “Cum magnâ cometivâ.” [256] “Unanimes antiquitatis amatores.” CHAPTER IV. 150 THE REDISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE CATACOMBS.