Bithynia and Pontus, 57, 58, 62 Christians in (_see also_ Pliny’s letter), 27, 32, 35 _n._ 1, 45 _et seq._, 50, 71, 75, 77, 103 _& n._ 2, 110, 177 Bliss, instant, after Death, Christian hope of, 156 “Book of Jubilees,” subject-matter of, 377, 378 Borghesi, Cardinal, 300; re-interment by, of S. Sebastian, 244 Bosio, --, pioneer of Catacomb exploration, 223-4; present at discovery of S. Cecilia’s body, 294 _& n._ 1, 297 Bourges, mention at, of S. Petronilla as S. Peter’s daughter, 278 Brescia, relics of S. Hippolytus at, 255 Brotherhood character of early Christianity, 38, 122-3, 270 Builders, of Basilicas, &c., injury done by, to Catacombs, 250, 257 Burial customs, Jewish, Christian, and Pagan, 4, 5, 131-3, 264 Bury St. Edmunds, cult of S. Petronilla in, 278 Cæcilian family, the, Christians and martyrs of, burial-place of, 245, 291, 296-7 _& n._ 1 Cæcilius, pagan interlocutor in _Octavius_ of Minucius Felix, 146, 186; arguments of, source of, 145; contempt of, for Christians, 158; on Christian love, 119, 129 C. Aurelius, Censor, 233 Caius, Bishop or Pope of Rome, burial-place of, identified, 231; martyred relations of, 259 _n._ 1 Caius, Presbyter, 282; on the Memoriæ of the Apostles in Rome, 11 Caligula, Emperor, and the Imperial cultus, 42 _n._ 1 Callistus, Bishop or Pope of Rome, and martyr, once a slave, 136 _n._ 1 Cemetery or Catacomb of, 234, 236-7, 239, 240, 242, 244-6, 251, 261 Inscription of Damasus once in, on numbers of martyrs, 215 _& n._ 1 Papal burial-place (_q.v._), 231, 245-6, 273 Callistus group of Catacombs, 212 Carthage, Church of (_see also_ S. Cyprian), aid from, to other Churches, 131 Literary support from, of Petrine tradition, 10-11, 13 Plague at, charity of S. Cyprian and his flock during, 123 _n._ 1, 127 “Catacombas, ad,” _see_ S. Sebastian