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The Catacombs of Praetextatus is a catacomb complex on the left side of the via Appia in the modern-day Appio-Latino quarter of Rome. Its modern entrance is on the via Appia Pignatelli. It is named after its founder or the man who gave the land on which it was built.

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References

  1. (in Italian) "Catacombe di Pretestato". Cultura e svago. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

Bibliography (in Italian)

  • Lucrezia Spera (2004). Il complesso di Pretestato sulla Via Appia: storia topografica e monumentale di un insediamento funerario paleocristiano nel suburbio di Roma. Città del Vaticano.
  • Leonella De Santis, Giuseppe Biamonte (1997). Le catacombe di Roma. Roma: Newton & Compton. p. 52.63.
  • Mazzei Barbara, Salvetti Carla (2000). "Il sarcofago attico degli Amorini a Pretestato. Restauro e nuove considerazioni iconografiche". Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana. 76. Città del Vaticano: pontificio istituto di archeologia: 218.

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