CHAPTER IV.

THE TOMB OF ST. CORNELIUS.

St. Cornelius buried in another Catacomb—Objects of interest to be seen _en route_—The family vault of the Deacon Severus at end of third century—Paintings of the Good Shepherd, accompanied by two of His Apostles and several sheep—Of Moses taking off his shoe, striking the rock, &c.—Tomb of St. Cornelius, and its epitaph—Inscriptions above and below it of Popes Damasus and Siricius—Figures of SS. Cornelius and Cyprian; of SS. Sixtus II. and Optatus—Very ancient paintings in two adjacent chambers—Conclusion 157

_ROMA SOTTERRANEA._

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