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Medieval woodcut of Saint Felicity and her seven sons, three of whom are buried in the Catacomb of the Giordani.

The Catacomb of the Giordani is a catacomb on the left side of the ancient via Salaria in Rome, under the modern via Ada in the Parioli quarter.

History

Martyrs

The ancient sources state the underground cemetery includes the remains of the martyrs Martial, Vitale and Alexander, all of whom were traditionally held to be sons of Felicitas of Rome. The earliest of them, the Chronograph of 354, attests that they were buried on the via Salaria on 10 July. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum adds that seven virgin martyrs (Donata, Paolina, Rogata, Dominanda, Serotina, Saturnina and Hilaria) were buried on 31 December in the Catacomb of the Giordani. The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae states that the site had an above-ground basilica dedicated to the martyrs Martial and Vitale - nothing now remains of that building, but its ruins were seen at the end of the 16th century by Antonio Bosio. The only archaeological confirmation of these facts in the literary sources is the tomb of Alexander.

Topography and description

References


Bibliography (in Italian)

  • (in Italian) Leonella De Santis; Giuseppe Biamonte (1997). Le catacombe di Roma. Roma: Newton Compton Editori. pp. 172–174. ISBN 978-88-541-2771-5.
  • (in Italian) Antonio Ferrua; Antonio Ferrua (1967). "Antichità cristiane. I lavori di papa Vigilio nelle catacombe". La Civiltà Cattolica II: 142–148.
  • (in Italian) Antonio Ferrua (1967). "Antichità cristiane. Santa Felicita e i suoi sette figli". La Civiltà Cattolica II: 248–251.
  • (in Italian) Umberto Maria Fasola (1972). "Le recenti scoperte delle catacombe sotto villa Savoia. Il "coemeterium Iordanorum ad S. Alexandrum"". Actas del VIII Congreso Internacional de Arqueologia Cristiana, Barcelona 5-11 Octubre 1969. Città del Vaticano: 273–297.
  • Massimiliano Ghilardi (15 April 2010). "Quae signa erant illa, quibus putabant esse significativa Martyrii?". MEFRIM (in Italian and English) (122–1). Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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