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== Etymology of 'Catacomb' == |
== Etymology of 'Catacomb' == |
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Last week on a visit to Rome I took a tour of the Catacombs at San Sebastiano, where the tour guide suggested an etymology alternative to that in the article. I can't remember the specifics, but it was something along the lines of 'Near the depression', referring to some form of subsidence or similar underneath the basilica where the first underground burials were made. This might be completely misleading, so I'll leave the article as it is unless anyone else can shed any light? [[User:Tom A Smith|mode_seven]] 16:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC) |
Last week on a visit to Rome I took a tour of the Catacombs at San Sebastiano, where the tour guide suggested an etymology alternative to that in the article. I can't remember the specifics, but it was something along the lines of 'Near the depression', referring to some form of subsidence or similar underneath the basilica where the first underground burials were made. This might be completely misleading, so I'll leave the article as it is unless anyone else can shed any light? [[User:Tom A Smith|mode_seven]] 16:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC) |
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:Just found this page [http://roma.katolsk.no/sebastianofuori.htm] linked to on the San Sebastiano page itself, seems to agree with what I was told. [[User:Tom A Smith|mode_seven]] 16:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC) |
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Etymology of 'Catacomb'
Last week on a visit to Rome I took a tour of the Catacombs at San Sebastiano, where the tour guide suggested an etymology alternative to that in the article. I can't remember the specifics, but it was something along the lines of 'Near the depression', referring to some form of subsidence or similar underneath the basilica where the first underground burials were made. This might be completely misleading, so I'll leave the article as it is unless anyone else can shed any light? mode_seven 16:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- Just found this page [1] linked to on the San Sebastiano page itself, seems to agree with what I was told. mode_seven 16:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)