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Main crypt below the main altar of the church of Santa Maria della Sanità. Map of San Gaudioso catacomb Tomb of St. Gaudiosus (#1) Hall with 17th century burials (#7). The Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus are underground paleo-Christian burial sites (4th–5th century AD), located in the northern area of the city of Naples (now Stella district).
The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy, carved out of tuff, a porous stone. They are situated in the northern part of the city, on the slope leading up to Capodimonte [ it ] , consisting of two levels, San Gennaro Superiore, and San Gennaro Inferiore. [ 1 ]
San Gennaro extra Moenia ("San Gennaro Beyond the Walls") is a church in Naples, Italy.It is located in the Rione Sanita on the large road that leads up to the Capodimonte museum and is an example of so-called paleo-Christian architecture in the city.
Januarius (/ ˌ dʒ æ n. j u ˈ ɛər i ə s / JAN-yoo-AIR-ee-əs; [2] Latin: Ianuarius; Neapolitan and Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church.
Catacombs around the world include: Austria – Catacombs of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna; Czech Republic – Catacombs of Znojmo; Bosnia and Herzegovina – Catacombs of Jajce; Egypt – Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (or Kom al Sukkfa, Shuqafa, etc.) in Alexandria; United Kingdom – Catacombs of London and others
Running beneath the Italian city of Naples and the surrounding area is an underground geothermal zone and several tunnels dug during the ages. This geothermal area is present generally from Mount Vesuvius beneath a wide area including Pompei, Herculaneum, and from the volcanic area of Campi Flegrei beneath Naples and over to Pozzuoli and the coastal Baia area.
The Cemetery of the 366 Fossae (Cimitero delle 366 Fosse) or Cimitero di Santa Maria del Popolo or Cimitero dei Tredici was built in 1762 a short distance from the then-dilapidated Villa Poggio Reale, and is located on a terrace of a hill overlooking the Poggioreale neighborhood of Naples, Italy.
Bosio was born in Malta, and was sent as a boy to the care of his uncle, who was a representative at the Holy See of the Knights of Malta.He studied literature, philosophy, and jurisprudence, but at the age of eighteen he gave up his legal studies, went to Rome and for the remainder of his lifetime was devoted to archaeological work in the Roman catacombs.