All Christian catacombs in Rome are property of the Catholic Church, and no one is allowed to explore them without special permission from the Vatican. "It's not so easy to get the permission.

The foregoing extract is taken from a book by the Rev. J. Spencer Northeote, called The Roman Catacombs, or some Account of the Burial-Places of the Early Christians in, Rome: London, 1857.

According to the Rome Museum, construction of the catacombs began in the 2nd century and lasted for roughly 300 years.During this time, pagan, Jewish and Christian citizens of Rome were buried ...

ROME (RNS) The catacombs are included in 20 cultural itineraries unveiled by Italy’s cultural minister to mark the pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy.

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12.

Rome's catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the 7th edition of Day of the Catacombs.

Seven catacombs will be open in Rome on Saturday, March 2, for Catacombs Day. Free entry is planned for everyone, although it is necessary to book online on the sites to gain access. The catacombs ...

The catacombs proper, to which entrance may be bad from the Basilica of St. Sebastian, are of little importance in themselves, and have lost, by frequent alteration and by the erection of works of ...

Medieval Rome's 'Catacomb Saints' were posthumously excavated, bejeweled and sent across Europe It’s unknown who these people were in life, but their corpses were presented as saints in death.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 19, 2024 / 13:50 pm. Rome’s catacombs will open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2, as part of the seventh edition ...