By Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Susannah Spurgeon, Joseph Harrald
- The catacombs of St. Ponziano “is situated outside Rome, in a vineyard, a good way from the walls, & though truly ancient, it is not very far opened up, but you have to go down very deep.
- When C.H. Spurgeon first went down the catacomb, he came to a place where some 8 road meet underground. 7 of these were closed
- what he saw was a baptistry, full of sweet, clear running water, about 4 ft deep, with frescoes above their heads
- they found bones a plenty!
- very hot and close
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-columbaria - the niches are like small vaulted chambers; in them are sometimes an urn, lamp, bust. In each of these small places, 2 holes sunk to receive ashes if urns aren’t used & have lids that cover the remains
-these great square buildings contains many hundreds of these ‘nests’ for the dead
-made of pure alabaster
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