The Early Christians in Rome
H. D. M. Spence-Jones
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  • PÆDAGOGUS, by Clement of Alexandria, addressed to a cultured community, [111 n. 1];
  • on Christians in the world, [146]
  • Pagan attitude to Christianity, and its basis (see also [Persecutions]), [28], [30–4], [35], [36], [51], [77], [137], [142–3], [158–9], [164–5], [194], [196–7]
  • Attitude to death, [134], [313–4]
  • Ideas on Christian misery, [158–9]
  • Neglect to bury the dead, [132]
  • Neglect of the poor, [128]
  • Writings, witnessing to Persecutions (see [Pliny’s letter to Trajan]), [36];
  • and to spread of Christianity, [107]
  • Paganism (passim), at core of Roman Empire, De Broglie on, [142–3];
  • displaced by Christianity, when, and why, [150], [151]
  • Pain, unfelt by Martyrs, testimony to, [200]
  • Palaces, Christians in, [110–11], [147], [149]
  • Palatine Hill, palace on, of the Emperors, [86], [89];
  • graffito of crucifix on, deduction from, [147] & [n. 1]
  • Palestine (see also [Gemara] and [Talmud]), Rabbinic Schools of, [326], [344], [362–3], [373];
  • the chief, [353], [356] & [n. 4], [358 n. 1];
  • mode of teaching at, [357–60]
  • Roman occupations of, and Rabbinism, [340]
  • Traces of the last “War” still seen in, [338–9]
  • Palestinian Talmud, the, [345]
  • Pallanteum, rebuilt by Antoninus, [87]
  • Palm, as Christian Emblem, [310]
  • Pantheon, portico of, robbed for Pope Urban’s baldachino, [280]
  • Papal burial-places, [243], [245], [246], [250], [266] & [n. 1], [272–4], [283–5], [286–7], [291]
  • Crypt, named after Pope Callistus (see also [Papal burial-places]), [234], [236–7], [242], [244] et seq., [273], [287], [296], [297]
  • Papias of Hierapolis, cited in support of Petrine tradition, [9], [10], [13], [14]
  • Paschal I, Pope, [227], [273], [276], body of S. Cecilia found by, [292–4];
  • and translated, [294], [297];
  • Church of S. Cecilia built by, [292];
  • translation by, of Martyrs’ remains, [235], [262], [263], [295]
  • Vision of, [293]
  • on Forgotten Martyrs, [215 n. 1]
  • Passions of the Martyrs, oft-repeated answer given in, [199]
  • of S, Perpetua, on Insensibility of Martyrs to Pain, [200]
  • Pastor (not The Shepherd, q.v.), [264]
  • Patristic views of The Shepherd of Hermas, [179]
  • Paul, the Deacon, [49]
  • Paul I, Pope, [227], [273];
  • translation by, of Martyrs’ ashes, [235];
  • especially of S. Hippolytus, [254]
  • Paul V, Pope, [257], discoveries made by, in Vatican cemetery, [280–1] et seq., [287];
  • work of, on S. Peter’s at Rome, [279–80]
  • “Pax Romana,” the, [58]
  • Peace of the Church, the, [29–30], [203], [215], [228], [259], [263], [266], [272], [276], [302], [309]
  • Pilgrimages to Rome after, [209], [216], [228], [251]
  • Pentateuch (see also [Halachah]), as canon of Jewish Scripture, post-exilian days, [361];
  • reverence felt for, [342], [343], [361];
  • Talmudic view of its inspiration, [364–5]
  • People, the, faith of, shown by Catacombs, [315], [319 n. 1];
  • how voiced by poets and Popes, [152] & [n. 1]
  • Pepin, King, translation by, of S. Petronilla, [279]
  • Pergamos, Church of, message of Apocalypse to, [168], [169–70]
  • Peri-Stephanôn, by Prudentius, poems, subjects of, [151–2] & [n. 1], cited on forgotten Martyrs, [287];
  • on S. Hippolytus, [252–4]
  • Persecutions of Christians, see also [Tacitus on]
  • Active or latent, period of, [163] & [n. 2]
  • Evidence on, [163] & [nn. 1] & [2], [164] et seq.
  • Beginning, [27–9], [103], [104]
  • Continuity, [29] et seq., [80], [207];
  • and increasing intensity, [80], [81–3]
  • End, [29]
  • Reasons for, [28], [30], [31], [32], [39] et seq.
  • Reference to, in The Shepherd of Hermas, [180] et seq.
  • Silence of writers as to, reasons for, [35] & [n. 1], [36–7]
  • Under the Antonines, [80], [81], [94]
  • Decius Aurelius, [97]
  • Diocletian, [97];
  • severity of, [151]
  • Flavian emperors, [39] et seq.
  • Hadrian and his successors, [79], [80],
  • severity of, [81], [82] & [n. 1], [83];
  • reasons, [91–7]
  • Nero, [10], [28], [30], [46 n. 1], [62], [104], [164], [167], [172], [190], [197], [285–6]
  • of Jews, [346]
  • Petro or Petros, as basis of name Petronilla, [277]
  • Petro, T. Flavius, founder of Flavian family, [277]
  • Pharisees, [329–30];
  • after the Dispersion, [341]
  • Philemon, S. Paul’s Epistle to, [71], [134]
  • Philip, Emperor, lenient to Christians, [97]
  • Philip of Side, on Athenagoras’s conversion, [188] & [n. 1]
  • Philip, son of S. Felicitas, tomb of, [259]
  • Philippians, Epistle to, see [Epistles]
  • Phœbe of Cenchrea, [110]
  • Physical preparation for Martyrdom (see also [Schools of Martyrdom]), [198], [201–3]
  • Pilgrim Guides (see also [Itineraries]), witness of, to numerousness of Martyrs, [210]
  • Pilgrims, visits of, to Rome, [209], [216], [226], [228], [251];
  • favourite tombs of, [244], [260], [275], [294], [296], [297];
  • traces of, in Catacombs, [248], [251]
  • Pirke Aboth (Sayings of the Fathers), [339], [340], [362], [365 n. 1]
  • “Pittacia,” the, references in, to S. Felicitas and her sons, [303], [304]
  • Pius I, Bishop of Rome, or Pope, [264], [265 n. 1];
  • burial-place of, [287];
  • slave origin of, [136 n. 1]
  • Pius IX, Pope, and the rediscovery of the Callistus Catacomb, [246]
  • Placidia, and the Basilica of S. Paul, [238]
  • Plato, works of, [146]
  • Platonia Chamber or Crypt, Cemetery of S. Sebastian, temporary tomb of SS. Peter and Paul, [237], [243];
  • tomb of S. Sebastian near, [244]
  • Plautius, [245]
  • Pliny the Elder, [57]
  • Pliny the Younger, family career and character of, [57–9]
  • Letters of, in general, described and discussed, [59–62];
  • features of, [71];
  • value of, [57]
  • to Tacitus, [62]
  • to Trajan, and information in, on Christianity, [27], [32], [33], [35 n. 1], [36], [45] et seq., [50], [53–5], [56–7], [60 n. 1], [62], [75–8], [103] & [n. 2], [106], [107], [110], [177]
  • Publication of, [60 n. 1]
  • Summary of, [67]
  • Trajan’s Rescript in reply, [53–4]
  • Literary followers of, [64–8]
  • Style of, [60], Renan on, [46] & [n. 1], [60]
  • Roman appreciation of, as writer, [63], [65]
  • Rules of, for letter-writers, [67]
  • Villa of, [60]
  • on joys of simple living, [88–9];
  • on social status of Asiatic Christians, [110]
  • Plotina, Empress, and Hadrian, [75]
  • Plumbatæ, torture of, [295], [300 n. 1]
  • Poems, by Early Christian writers, topics of, [151], [152] & [n. 1]
  • Pagan, referring to Christianity, [158 n. 1]
  • Political reasons for Roman attitude to Christianity (see also [Paganism]), [28], [30], [31–4], [39] et seq.
  • Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, [251];
  • scholar of S. John Evangelist, [73];
  • letters of, see [Epistles];
  • letters to, of Ignatius, [108], [172];
  • Martyrdom of, letters on, genuine, [81 n. 1];
  • on Christian charity, [125]
  • Pompey, Consul, [56];
  • first Roman ruler of Judea, [329];
  • Jerusalem taken by, [3]
  • Pomponia Græcina, identified with Lucina of the Crypt, [245]
  • Pontianus, catacomb of, [211], [235]
  • Baptistery in, [236]
  • Pontianus, Bishop of Rome, or Pope, martyr, tomb of, [252]
  • Pontius, on Christian Charity at Carthage, [127]
  • Pontus, Christians in (see also [Bithynia]), [45], [50]
  • Pope,——, his ode on S. Cecilia, [294 n. 1]
  • Popes (or Bishops) of Rome (see under individual Names, see also [Papal burial-places]), martyred, tombs of, with other Martyrs, [243]
  • Poppæa, Empress, friendly to Jews, [27]
  • Porsenna, [87]
  • Portraits in the Catacombs, [296], [302]
  • Portus, Bishop of, see [S. Hippolytus Port of Rome], [235]
  • Prayers of the Dead, besought by Early Christians, [309–10], [311–2]
  • S. Augustine on, [311], [312 n. 1], [321–2]
  • S. Cyprian on, [312]
  • Prætextatus, catacomb of, [242], [246–8], [259], [262], [295];
  • grave (alleged) of S. Cecilia in, [293 n. 1];
  • tomb of S. Januarius in, discovery of, [301–2];
  • S. Zeno buried in, [276]
  • Priests as converts, [110]
  • Priscilla (and Aquila), [110], [265–6]
  • Catacomb of, [213];
  • discovery of, [230]
  • Prisoners, Christian aid to, [130]
  • Prophets, the, [339];
  • books of, [361];
  • inspiration of, Talmud on, [365];
  • Schools of, [343], [349]
  • Prudentius, poems of, [151], [152] & [n. 1]
  • Publius, Prefect of Rome, and the martyrdom of S. Felicitas, [299]
  • Pudens, burial-place of, [264], [265], [266];
  • house, &c., of, on the Aventine, legends connecting with S. Peter, [12], [15], [263];
  • and with S. Paul, [265], [269];
  • question of his family, [270];
  • tradition, on him and his daughter, [263–5], [270]
  • Pumbeditha, Rabbinic School at, [326], [354], [357], [358 n. 1], [359], [373]
  • “Quatuor Coronati,” Saints, burial-places of, [249];
  • church of, ib.,
  • relics in, of S. Hippolytus, [255]
  • Quintilian, the earliest Ciceronian, [58]
  • Quo vadis legend, locality associated with, [273], [274]
  • “Rab,” Rabbinic School founded by, [357 n. 1]
  • “Rabbi” (Judah Ha-Nasi), famous pupil of, [357 n. 1];
  • Talmud codification by, [356–7];
  • work of, on Halachah, [358 n. 1], [372 n. 1]
  • Rabbinic Dicta, on Inspiration, [364–5] & [n. 1]
  • Literature (extra-Talmudic), [360]
  • Schools (see also [Babylonian], and [Palestinian]), [326], [353], [354–5], [362–3], [368], [372], [373];
  • chief study of, [358 n. 1];
  • foundation of, [326], [340], [341];
  • influence of, on Christian belief, [327];
  • and on Christian love of Old Testament, [327];
  • method of teaching, [357–60];
  • work of, on the Gemara, [344–5]
  • Rabbinism, famous scholars of (see [Akiba], [Gamaliel], [Hillel], [Meir], [“Rab,”] [Rabbi], [Shammai], &c.), nature of, and influence of, on Christianity, [326–7];
  • and on the Jews of the Dispersion, [339];
  • new school of, aims of, [353], [355];
  • spirit of, adverse to Christianity, [366] et seq.;
  • traditional history of, [339–40]
  • Rabbis, authority of, as successors to the Sanhedrim, [357];
  • supporting Bar-cochab, [78], [336], [354], [355]
  • Rabbis of the Dispersion, and the Law, [341], [342–3];
  • books evolved by, [343–5]
  • Raffaelle, painting by, of S. Cecilia, [294 n. 1]
  • Ramsay, Professor, on the date of the 1st Epistle of S. Peter, [8 n. 1], [166 n. 1];
  • on the date of S. Peter’s death, [166 n. 1];
  • on Epistles of Ignatius as showing contemporary conditions of Christianity, [173], [174];
  • on Persecution of Christians as a police measure, by Rome, [31], [32];
  • on Pliny’s letter, [46];
  • on Roman Emperor as “beast” of Apocalypse, [169] & [n. 2];
  • on Roman references in the Apocalypse, [169 n. 2]
  • Raschi, famous Rabbinist, [369]
  • Ravenna, [303];
  • church of S. Vitale at, [136 n. 1]
  • Regulus, tortures of, [187]
  • Relic-hunting in the Catacombs, results of, [224]
  • Religious faith of Jews in Rome, first century, [4–6]
  • Renan, E., on the destruction of the Temple, [331 n. 1];
  • on large numbers of Christian martyrs, [82 n. 1];
  • on Octavius by Minucius Felix, [145], [146];
  • on persecutions between A.D. 134 and 180, [82 n. 1];
  • on Pliny’s letter, [46] & [n. 1];
  • and on his literary style, ib., [60];
  • on The Shepherd, of Hermas, [180];
  • on Talmudic influence on Christianity, [370 n. 1];
  • on Trajan as persecutor, [49]
  • Reservoirs or wells, in Catacombs and Chapels (see also [Baptisteries]), [256], [263], [264], [267], [270], [271–2]
  • Reuchlin,—, advocate of the Talmud, [366]
  • Rhea Sylvia, [87]
  • Rigourist School of Christian teaching, [101], [144–5], [150–2], [153–4]
  • Rimmon-worship, Naaman’s dispensation concerning, [149]
  • “Rock, the spiritual, that followed them,” origin of reference, [379]
  • Roman attitude to Christianity, [39] et seq.
  • Roman attitude to Slaves, and to Freedmen, [134], [137];
  • craving for posthumous remembrance, [59 n. 1], [65]
  • Christians, saluted in S. Paul’s Epistle to Romans, [17], [21]
  • Church, the, in early days, classes composing, [182], [269–70]
  • Early importance of, [16], [17], [21]
  • Founders of (see also [S. Paul] and [S. Peter]), [7] et seq., [16–19], [22], [23], [24], [70]
  • Generosity of, to other Churches, [131]
  • Heresies menacing, first century, [23] & [n. 1]
  • Inner life of, information on, from the Catacombs, [219] et seq.
  • Letter to, of Ignatius, [9]
  • S. Paul’s praise of, [21]
  • Emperors, divine honours paid to, [42] & [n. 1], [169], [170]
  • Empire, numbers of Early Christians in great centres of, [106]
  • of Slaves in, first and second centuries, [135 n. 2]
  • Paganism (q.v.), interwoven in, [142–3]
  • Literature, dearth of, second to fourth century, [63], [67]
  • Epistolary forms, nature of, after Cicero, [56–7]
  • Letters in, question of influence on N.T. writers, [69–72]
  • Renaissance, in fourth and fifth centuries, [64] et seq.
  • Myths depicted on coins of Antoninus Pius, [87], [90]
  • Society, Dill’s book on, cited, [59 n. 1];
  • first and second century, Pliny on, [58–60];
  • fourth century, Symmachus on, [65];
  • fifth century, Sidonius on, [67]
  • Tribute to Christian fortitude, [193]
  • Rome, see also Popes under Names
  • Archæological investigators of, see [De Rossi], [Marchi], [Marucchi], &c.
  • Basilicas in, third century, [112]
  • Chief arena of Martyrdom, [175]
  • Christians in, [16];
  • Assemblies of, [113] et seq.
  • Behaviour of, in trial, [180–1]
  • Estimate of, in third century, [105]
  • Life of, [101] et seq.
  • Some of high social status, [110–12], [147], [149]
  • Church of, see [Roman Church]
  • Churches in, the most ancient, [263]
  • Those holding relics of S. Hippolytus, [255]
  • Dead, Roman and Christian treatment of (see also [Catacombs]), [131–3]
  • Devotion to, of the Antonines, [89–90]
  • Earliest founder of, [87]
  • Fire of, under Nero, [25–6];
  • consequences to Jews and Christians, [27–30]
  • Gospel first brought to, tradition on, and literary support of the same, [7], [8], [9] et seq.
  • Hadrian’s works in, [76]
  • Jewish agreements with, under Maccabees, [3]
  • Colonists in, and the Rabbinic School, [353]
  • Sabbath observed in, [3]
  • Jews in, [3–6], [346];
  • expulsion of, [8], [18], [25];
  • Roman attitude to beliefs of, [3], [39];
  • rulers favourable to, [3]
  • Literary support from, of Petrine tradition, [9], [13]
  • Memoriæ of the Apostles in, [11]
  • Pagan, Apocalyptic reference to, Ramsay on, [169] & [n. 1], [170]
  • Attitude of, to Christianity, [39] et seq.;
  • reasons for, [89], [91–7]
  • Religion of, support to, of best emperors, [87] et seq.
  • Rule of, over Judæa, [329], [340];
  • revolts against (see [Wars]), [329] et seq., [342], [345], [353]
  • S. Paul’s stay in, [17], [21–24];
  • and Martyrdom at, [9]
  • S. Peter’s visits to, probable dates of, and events during, [16], [18], [19] & [n. 1], [24];
  • and Martyrdom at, [8];
  • burial-place in, see [Vatican Hill]
  • Slavery in, [134]
  • Temple treasures from Jerusalem at, [333] & [n. 2]
  • Rome proper, burial-place in, of S. Paul, [236];
  • Catacombs in, Itineraries on, [211–4]
  • Rome Souteraine, by Allard, cited on numerousness of martyrs, [215 n. 1]
  • Romulus and Remus, [87]
  • Ruinart,—, on the Martyrdom of the Theban legion, [148 n. 1]
  • Rusticus, Roman prefect, [94], [104]
  • Rutilius Namatianus, poem of, on Christian misery, [158] & [n. 1]
  • Sabbath, the, non-Jewish observance of, Rome, [3]
  • Sabinilla, burial of S. Valentinus by, [276]
  • Sacramentum, of Pliny, [52]
  • Sadducees, [329];
  • last heard of, [341]
  • S. Abdon, burial-place of, [235], [236]
  • S. Achilles, martyr, burial-place and tomb of, [211], [240], [241], [278];
  • story confirmed by excavations, [230]
  • S. Adauctus, burial-place of, [239];
  • shrine of, [211]
  • S. Agapetus, deacon and martyr, [301] & [n. 1], [302];
  • History of, [247];
  • tomb of, [243], [247]
  • S. Agatha, [294 n. 1]
  • S. Agatopus or Agapetus (q.v.), martyr named in tomb of S. Januarius, [301] & [n. 1], [302]
  • S. Agnes, [136], [294 n. 1];
  • basilica of, Catacombs around, [212–3], [255];
  • burial-place of, identified, [231];
  • martyrdom and story of, [256];
  • other martyrs buried with, [214–5];
  • urn of, [258];
  • recently seen, [257]
  • S. Alexander, burial-place of, [303]
  • S. Anastasia, [294 n. 1]
  • S. Athanasius, veneration of, for Hermas’s Shepherd, [179]
  • S. Augustine, on asking the prayers of the Saints, [311], [312 n. 1], [322];
  • on Burial near the Saints, [322];
  • on S. Laurence, [254]
  • S. Balbinus, Catacomb of, [239]
  • S. Barnabas, Apostle, [110]
  • S. Basilissa, see (infra) [S. Hermes] and
  • S. Blandina, slave and martyr, [136];
  • pain unfelt by, [200]
  • S. Calepodius, catacomb of, [234]
  • S. Callistus, later, Pope, custodian of cemeteries, [245], [291]
  • Catacomb of, [242], [244–6];
  • Crypt of S. Cecilia in, [290–1], [293 n. 1];
  • discovery of, [246];
  • Lucina area of, antiquity of, [266];
  • Papal burial-place or Crypt in (q.v.), [287], [291];
  • why chosen, [273]
  • S. Castulus, martyr, catacomb of, [249]
  • S. Cecilia, church of, Rome, [292] et seq.;
  • her body in, [294], [297]
  • Crypt or burial-place of, [211], [246] & [n. 1], [290] et seq.;
  • discovery of, [231];
  • other martyrs buried in, [214], [243];
  • rediscovery of, [289] et seq.
  • Martyr relatives of, [247]
  • Story of, [290] et seq.
  • Translation of, [294], [297]
  • S. Chrysanthus and S. Daria, Basilica of, sons of S. Felicitas laid near, [303];
  • site of their martyrdom, [260];
  • tragedy at, [261]
  • S. Chrysostom, on Almsgiving, [122]
  • S. Clement of Rome, Pope, [104], [179] & [n. 1], [315]
  • Book on, by Bishop Lightfoot, [19 n. 1], [121 n. 1];
  • cited on Petrine tradition, [10]
  • Epistles of, see under [Epistles]
  • Ordination of, by S. Peter, tradition on, [11]
  • Tradition on his Apostolic teachers, [73]
  • on Almsgiving, [121] & [n. 1], [124], [126];
  • on Assemblies, [108];
  • on care for widows and orphans, [126];
  • on Christians accused of firing Rome, [27];
  • on Christ’s Atonement, [115];
  • on the deaths of S. Peter and of S. Paul, [171];
  • on early persecutions, [37], [165], [170–2];
  • on hospitality, [128];
  • on numbers of Christians, [104] & [n. 1], at Rome, [106];
  • on progress of Christianity, [107];
  • on S. Peter’s martyrdom, [9]
  • S. Constantia, church of, origin of, [263]
  • S. Cornelius, other martyrs buried with, [214–5]
  • S. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, and martyr, [149], [193], [315], [319 n. 1];
  • and his congregation, charity of, [123], [127]
  • Death of, [146]
  • Flight of, [147]
  • Letter of, ad Thibaritanos, a martyrs’ manual, [199]
  • Teaching of, [139]
  • Writers on, cited, see [Benson], and [Pontius]
  • on Almsgiving, [121–2];
  • on Carthaginian generosity to other Churches, [131];
  • on the Dead as concerned for the Living, [312];
  • on Death, [155];
  • on Hospitality, [128];
  • on insensibility of Martyrs to pain, [200];
  • on Martyrs’ training, [198];
  • on Persecutions (third century), [37]
  • S. Cyriaca, burial-place of, [212], [250]
  • S. Daria, once a Vestal, site of her martyrdom, [260], [303]
  • S. Denis, Abbey of, ashes of S. Hippolytus at, [255]
  • S. Domitilla, Basilica of, [257]
  • S. Emerentiana, slave and martyr, [136];
  • burial-place of, [255], [257];
  • identified, [231]
  • Catacomb of, [255]
  • Urn of, [258];
  • recently seen, [257]
  • S. Epimachus, catacomb of, [249]
  • S. Felicissimus, martyr, [301], [302];
  • history of, [247];
  • tomb of, [243], [247]
  • S. Felicitas, slave and martyr, [136], [206], [272], [294 n. 1]
  • Catacomb of, her tomb in a basilica over, [213], [259];
  • discovered, [260], [302]
  • Martyr sons of, and their tombs, [213], [248];
  • discovered by De Rossi, [231] & [n. 1]
  • Story of, [258];
  • confirmed by archæology, [259–60], [298] et seq.
  • Translation of, [259], [302]
  • on Insensibility to pain, [200]
  • S. Felix (and S. Adauctus), burial-place of, [239]
  • S. Felix, cemetery of, [211], [235–6]
  • S. Felix, son of S. Felicitas, tomb of, [259], [266], [272], [274], [302–3]
  • S. Felix, other martyrs buried with, [214–5]
  • S. Felix of Nola, martyr, church of, at Nola, [321];
  • poems on, [152 n. 1]
  • S. Flavian, Vision of, cited, on Martyrs’ insensibility to pain, [200]
  • S. Gall, “sylloge” in library of, [230]
  • S. Genesius, martyr, once an actor, tomb of, [251]
  • S. Gordianus, catacomb of, [249]
  • S. Gregory Nazianzen, on unity of martyrs, [285]
  • S. Gregory of Tours, on the group-martyrdom at tomb of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, [261]
  • S. Helena, Empress, cross of, laid on S. Peter’s sarcophagus, [282];
  • tomb of, [249]
  • S. Hermes, translation of, [275]
  • and S. Basilissa, catacomb of, [274–5]
  • S. Hippolytus (of Portus), [11], [151];
  • catacomb and basilica of, [250–5], [262];
  • discovery of, by De Rossi, [251], [254]
  • Churches dedicated to, or connected with, [254–5]
  • Lightfoot cited on, [251–2]
  • Pupil of Irenæus, [251]
  • Relics of, [255]
  • Statue of, [252]
  • Tomb of, [251];
  • Prudentius on, [252–4]
  • Translation of, [254]
  • S. Hyacinthus, martyr, tomb of, [275]
  • S. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and martyr, [315];
  • Epistle of, see [Epistles];
  • Martyrdom desired by, [37], [110], [154], [204–5];
  • date of, [73]
  • cited in support of Petrine tradition, [9], [13];
  • on Assemblies, [108];
  • on Christ’s Atonement, [115];
  • on his yearning for Martyrdom, [204–5];
  • on influential Christians at Rome, [110];
  • on persecutions, [37], [165], [172–6];
  • on progress of Christianity, [107];
  • on Roman generosity, [131]
  • S. James, Epistle of, see under [Epistles]
  • S. Januarius, [298 n. 1], [304];
  • martyrdom of, [300 n. 1];
  • burial-place and tomb of, [243], [248] & [n. 1], [301–2];
  • discovery of, [231];
  • veneration of, [259]
  • S. Jerome, Catalogue of Roman Bishops by, [14], [15]
  • on S. Agnes, [256];
  • on S. Peter’s date of arrival in Rome, [14];
  • on The Shepherd, of Hermas, [179]
  • S. John, Evangelist, [62], [251]
  • Apocalypse of, [37], [156–7], [165], [167–70]
  • Death of, [103], [114], [118], [165]
  • Epistles of, see under [Epistles]
  • Martyrdom of, [11]
  • Polycarp’s anecdotes of, [73]
  • Prominence of, in Asia Minor, [9]
  • S. Justus, martyr, tomb of, [250]
  • S. Laurence, [254];
  • basilica and tomb of, [250], [257];
  • martyrs buried under, [212]
  • Churches dedicated to, [250], [254]
  • S. Lucia, [294 n. 1]
  • S. Marcellinus, see [S. Peter] and, infra
  • S. Marcus, catacomb of, [239]
  • S. Mark, Gospel of, source and place of origin, [10], [14]
  • Relations of, with S. Peter, [9], [10], [14], [22]
  • S. Martialis, son of S. Felicitas, tomb of, [259], [303]
  • S. Martin of Tours, [136]
  • S. Martinianus, see (infra) [S. Processus] and
  • S. Matthew, Gospel of, [10], as Martyrs’ Manual, [200] & [n. 1], [201]
  • S. Maurice and the Theban Legion, legend of martyrdom of, [148 n. 1]
  • S. Maximus, Roman officer and martyr, [290];
  • basilica of, and history of, [247];
  • catacomb of, [259];
  • tomb of, [242], [293 n. 1], [295]
  • S. Nereus, martyr, burial-place of, [211], [240], [241], [278];
  • story confirmed by excavations, [230]
  • S. Nicomedes, catacomb of, special features of, [255–6]
  • S. Oswald and S. Wulfstan, [321]
  • S. Pamphilus, martyr, catacomb of, [274]
  • S. Pancratius or Pancras, catacomb of, [234], [235]
  • Churches of, Rome, &c., [235]
  • S. Parnel, Petronell, or Petronilla (q.v.), British churches dedicated to, [278–9]
  • S. Paul, [239], [269], [273];
  • association with, of Pudens, [265], and see [270]
  • Basilica of, [11], [17], [18], [238]
  • Christology of, [23–4]
  • Cultural status of, [110]
  • Epistles of, see under [Epistles]
  • Haggadic influences in writings of, [379]
  • Hermas named by, the Hermas of The Shepherd?, [178]
  • at Rome as prisoner, [21–2];
  • secondary place accorded by tradition and literature, [9], [11], [13–14], [17];
  • share in founding Roman Church, [17], [22], [23], [24], [70], [104];
  • trial of, [25];
  • and martyrdom, [9], [10], [11], [151], [152], [170], [171];
  • burial-places of, [211], [236], [237], [242], [243], [283];
  • sarcophagus of, slabs of, inscription on, and other features, [237–8];
  • sepulchre of, [242], [243]
  • Teaching of, keynote of, where found, [23–4];
  • locale of, [107]
  • Tomb of freedman friend of, among royal graves, [241–2]
  • Translation of, [237]
  • on Almsgiving to Christian Churches, [120 n. 1], [130];
  • on Assemblies, [107];
  • on Athletic training, [198];
  • on Charity, [122], [130];
  • on Death, [154];
  • on Enduring hardness, [202–3];
  • on Hospitality, [129];
  • on the Roman Church, [17], [21];
  • on Slavery, [134–5];
  • on Spread of Christianity, [107]
  • S. Paulinus of Nola, [158];
  • letter of, to Sulpicius Severus, on his slave, [136–7];
  • poems of, [152 n. 1];
  • question of, to S. Augustine, [312 n. 1], [321–2]
  • S. Perpetua and her companions, [294 n. 1];
  • martyrdoms of, [200], [208];
  • genuine accounts of, [81 n. 1];
  • pain unfelt by, [200]
  • S. Peter, Apostle and Martyr, First Bishop of Rome (see also [S. Petronilla]), [226], [269]
  • Associations of, with Catacomb of S. Priscilla, [257], [263], [267], [271–4]
  • with S. Mark, [9], [10], [14], [22]
  • with Pudens, [12], [15], [263], [265], and see [269–70]
  • Baptistery of, site of, [12], [257], [267], [273]
  • Book on by Barnes, cited, [281 n. 1] et seq.
  • Catacomb of, and of S. Marcellinus, [249]
  • Founder of Church in Bithynia, [51]
  • Founder of Church at Rome, tradition, archæological, and literary support to the belief, [7] et seq., [16], [19], [22], [70], [104]
  • in Rome, [18], [24];
  • date of arrival discussed, [8], [11], [13] et seq., [16];
  • martyrdom of, [8], [10], [16], [18], [19], [151], [153], [170], [171], [233], [234];
  • date and site of, [166 n. 1], [267];
  • burial-places, and tomb of, [49], [273];
  • Bishops of Rome buried around, [16], [23], [233] & [n. 1], [279–88];
  • sarcophagus of, adorned by Constantine, [237], [282–3];
  • traditional notices of, legendary with historical basis and other, [15], [16];
  • translation of, [237]
  • Quo vadis legend on, [239], [273], [274]
  • Teaching of, catholicity of, [367]
  • on hospitality, [129];
  • on locale of Asiatic converts, [107];
  • on persecution, [165], [166–7];
  • on slavery, [135];
  • on spread of the faith, [107]
  • S. Peter and S. Marcellinus, catacomb of, [249]
  • S. Peter Chrysologus, laudation by, of S. Felicitas, [305]
  • S. Peter’s (Basilica), Rome, [8], [233], [238];
  • martyrs buried beneath, [210], [285];
  • origin of, and former representatives of, [233], [238]
  • Reason of its position, [11];
  • site of, associations of, [28];
  • veneration shown to, [17], [18]
  • S. Petronilla (see also [S. Parnel]), daughter of S. Peter, [240], [241];
  • hypotheses on, discussed, [277–8]
  • Basilica of, [241], [278]
  • Burial-place of, [211], [240–1], [277]
  • Translation of, [279]
  • S. Philip, burial-place of, [266], [272], [274], [302–3]
  • S. Philippus (S. Philip), other martyrs buried with, [214–5]
  • S. Prassedis (see also [S. Pudentiana]), burial-place of, [263], [264–5], [266], [268]
  • Catacomb founded by, [270]
  • Church of, [262];
  • Zeno chapel in, mosaics of, [276];
  • relics in, [262–3];
  • well in, [263]
  • S. Priscilla, mother of Pudens, Catacomb of, [8], [258], [261] et seq., [266];
  • antiquity, size, and importance of, [236], [240], [257], [261];
  • associations of, with S. Peter, [12], [257], [263], [267], [271–3];
  • baptistery in, [236];
  • Basilica of S. Sylvester over, [257], [273];
  • called “ad Nymphas,” and why, [272];
  • chief glory of, [257];
  • De Rossi on, [262];
  • evidence of discoveries in, on tradition of S. Peter as founder of Roman Church, [8], [15], [16], [42], [267], [268], [271];
  • founders of, [270];
  • galleries and other features of, [267] et seq.;
  • inscriptions in, [267], [268], [271];
  • notable interments in, [266], [302]
  • Church of, [262]
  • Original tomb of, [268]
  • S. Processus and S. Martinianus, catacomb of, [234];
  • story of, [234]
  • S. Protus, martyr, tomb of, [275]
  • S. Pudentiana (see also supra, [S. Prassedis]), burial-place of, [263], [264], [266], [268];
  • sarcophagus of, [263]
  • Church of, [262];
  • antiquity and interest of, [263] et seq.
  • Part founder of S. Priscilla’s catacomb, [270]
  • S. Quirinus, Crypt of, [247];
  • history of, ib.
  • S. Riquier, “syllogæ” in library of, [230]
  • S. Sebastian (ad Catacombas), catacomb of, [237], [242], [243–4];
  • memories of SS. Peter and Paul connected with, [273];
  • story of, [244];
  • translation of, [244]
  • S. Sennen, burial-place of, [235], [236]
  • S. Silanus, burial-places of, [259], [302];
  • body once stolen, [304];
  • translation of, [302]
  • S. Silvester in Capite, Church, body of S. Hippolytus translated to, [254]
  • S. Simferosa, tomb of, [250]
  • S. Soteris, virgin, martyr, catacomb of, [239], [242], [243], [246]
  • S. Stephen, protomartyr, [110];
  • and S. Laurence, parallel positions of, [234]
  • S. Suzanna, church of, [302];
  • final resting-place of S. Felicitas, [259] & [n. 1]
  • S. Sylvester, Pope, Basilica erected by, [266] & [n. 1];
  • notoriety of, [272];
  • Popes buried in, [272–4];
  • saintly remains in, [213], [266] & [n. 1], [272], [302–3];
  • site of, [257], [266] & [n. 1], [270], [272], [273]
  • Burial-place of, [272]
  • S. Symphorosa, burial-place of, [212]
  • S. Tertullinus, catacomb of, [249]
  • S. Thekla, catacomb of, [236], [239]
  • S. Thomas Aquinas, [319 n. 1]
  • S. Tiburtius, martyr, Basilica of, [247];
  • relation of, to S. Cecilia, [290];
  • tomb of, [293 n. 1], [295]
  • S. Urban, martyr, tomb of, [242–3]
  • S. Urbanus, Bishop (not of Rome), and S. Cecilia, [290], [296]
  • S. Valentinus, martyr, [262];
  • catacomb of, [214], [275–6];
  • basilica in, [276]
  • S. Valerianus, husband of S. Cecilia, martyr, [290], [292], [294 n. 1];
  • tomb of, [242], [247], [293 n. 1], [295]
  • S. Vitale, a slave-martyr, Church of, Ravenna, [136 n. 1]
  • S. Vitalis, son of S. Felicitas, tomb of, [259], [303]
  • S. Zeno, Basilica of, [247];
  • burial-place of, [262], [276];
  • Chapel of, [276];
  • treasures in, [262–3]
  • Saintly persons, power of, over wild creatures, [176] & [n. 1]
  • Saints, Communion of, Early Christian view on, [307], [309–10]
  • Dead, invocation of, and prayers of, besought, Early Christian attitude as to, [309–10], [311], [312] & [n. 1], [321–2]
  • Desire for burial near, S. Augustine on, [312 n. 1], [321–2]
  • Salii, College of, M. Aurelius, a member, [95]
  • Salzburg Itinerary cited, [211], [212], [214], [242–3], [302], [303];
  • date of, [227]
  • Samuel, prophet, and the Schools of the Prophets, [349]
  • Sanhedrim, the Great, authority of, successors in, after Dispersion, [357], [360]
  • Sanhedrim treatise, in Talmud, [343 n. 1]
  • Sarcophagi, Christian, Lateran Museum, and S. Peter’s escape from Prison, [19 n. 1]
  • Sardinia, exiles and martyrs in, [252]
  • Sardis, [187]
  • Saturninus, catacomb of, [258], [260]
  • Schools of Martyrdom, [145];
  • methods of, [197], [198] & [n. 1] et seq.;
  • writers on, [198] et seq.
  • of the Prophets, [349]
  • of Teaching, Early Christian
  • Practical, and Gentle, [101], [145–50]
  • Rigourist, [101], [144–5], [150–2]
  • Scillitan martyrdoms, [94], [208];
  • Acts of martyrs genuine, [81 n. 1]
  • Scorpiace, by Tertullian, [121 n. 1], a martyrs’ manual, [199];
  • S. Paul cited in, on Martyrdom, [202], [203] & [n. 1]
  • Scribes, the, and their duties, [341], [343] & [n. 3], [350], [351], [361]
  • Second Century, congregations of Christians in, locales of, [36]
  • Seligenstadt, SS. Peter and Marcellinus’ bodies at, [249]
  • Selinus, death at, of Trajan, [87]
  • Senate, the, decadence of, [64–5]
  • Seneca, letters by, see under [Epistles]
  • Possible reference by, to Nero’s burning of Christians, [29]
  • Sentius Augurinus, a lengthy recital by, [61]
  • Sepphoris, Rabbinic school at, [358 n. 1]
  • Serenus Granianus, Rescript to, of Hadrian, on Christians, [77]
  • Sergius Paulus, [110]
  • Severus,—, Emperor, persecution under, reason for, [194]
  • Severus, Alexander, Emperor, [234], [252];
  • and the Jews, [333 n. 1];
  • leniency of, to Christians, [97];
  • and supposed Christianity of, [147]
  • Septimius (historian), on Nero’s anti-Christian Edict, [32]
  • Sextus Julius (General), operations of, in Judea, [337]
  • Sulpicius, letter to, of Paulinus of Nola, on his slave, [136–7]
  • on destruction of the Temple, [331] & [n. 1], [332];
  • on Titus’s speech against Jewish and Christian religions, [39–40]
  • Sfondrati, Cardinal, finder of the bodies of S. Cecilia, [294] & [n. 1], [297];
  • and of her husband, &c., [295]
  • Shammai, a Rabbi, [366]
  • Shema invocation, [355 n. 1]
  • Shemoth Rabba, treatise, cited, [365]
  • Shepherd (Pastor), The, of Hermas, [136 n. 1];
  • discussed, [178–9] & [n. 1], [180];
  • reasons of its popularity, [183 n. 1];
  • theology of, [138], [179], [182–3];
  • on care of widows, &c., [126];
  • on Christ’s Atonement, [116];
  • on Christian charity, [124] & [n. 1], [125];
  • on hospitality, [128];
  • on the martyrs and the recusants, [36], [37];
  • on numbers of Christians, [104];
  • on persecutions, [180–4];
  • on progress of Christianity, [107];
  • on rich Christians, [111]
  • Sicarii, the, [330]
  • Sick, the, care of, by Early Church, [126–7]
  • Side, [188] & [n. 1]
  • Sidonius, Apollinaris, family, career, and writings of, [64], [65–7], [68]
  • Simon the Just, [339]
  • Simon Magus in Rome, [11]
  • Sinai, [365]
  • Siricius, Pope, Basilicas built and adorned by, &c., [235], [241], [263], [278];
  • burial-place of, [272]
  • Sixtus I, Pope and martyr, [247];
  • burial-place of, [243], [287]
  • Sixtus II, Pope, deacons of, martyred, [302];
  • and S. Laurence, [250], [254]
  • Sixtus III, Basilica built by, to S. Laurence, [250];
  • work of, at S. Cecilia’s crypt, [292]
  • Sixtus V, Pope, Church of S. Suzanna built for, [259 n. 1]
  • Slavery, England’s crusade against, Lecky on, [135 n. 1]
  • Slaves, Christian, freed by advice of Pope Pius I, [264];
  • position and condition of, [134] et seq.
  • Slaves, numbers of, Roman Empire, first two centuries, Ozanam on, [135 n. 2]
  • Smyrna, [173]
  • Social life and pleasures, difficulties in, of Early Christians, [141]
  • Status of Early Christians, literary testimony to its range, [110–12]
  • Solomon, King, [352]
  • Soter, Bishop or Pope of Rome, [10], [131];
  • on numbers of Christians at Rome, [104] & [n. 2], [106], [107]
  • Spartianus, historian, [75]
  • Stanley, Dean, on a child’s Epitaph in the Abbey, [309];
  • on early Christianity, [318 n. 2], [319] & [n. 1];
  • on the witness of the Catacombs to the life of the Early Church, [219–20]
  • Statius, [59 n. 1]
  • Stephen, Bishop or Pope of Rome, [131]
  • Suetonius, history by, [60], [62], [63], [269];
  • on Christians accused of firing Rome, [27];
  • on Domitian’s persecutions, [41];
  • on Jewish expulsion from Rome, and its cause, [18];
  • on Neronic persecution, [62];
  • on Vespasian’s attitude to Christians, [40]
  • Sura, Rabbinic School at, [326], [327], [344], [346], [358 n. 1], [359], [373];
  • founder of, [357] & [n. 1]
  • “Syllogæ” of Early Christian Inscriptions, where found, [230]
  • Sylloge Palestina, the, [215]
  • Symmachus, Memmius, and his father’s Letters, [65]
  • Symmachus, Pope, [60 n. 1];
  • Council held by, [262]
  • Symmachus, Q. Aurelius, career of, and writings (Letters) of, [64–5], [66]
  • Syria, Vespasian’s legions in, [331]
  • Tacitus, History of, [60], [61], [62]
  • Lost Book of, on Titus’s destruction of the Temple, [39], [331] & [n. 1], [332]
  • Period of, [63]
  • Pliny’s letter to, [92]
  • on Christianity, progress of, [107];
  • on Christians accused of firing Rome, [27];
  • on Christians of high station, [110];
  • on conversion of Pomponia Græcina, [245];
  • on numbers of Christians, [103], [107]
  • on Jewish fecundity, [5 n. 1];
  • on the persecutions, [36], [46 n. 1], [62], [103], [177], [208];
  • on Roman simplicity, [88]
  • Talmud, the, see also [Mishnah] and [Gemara]
  • Akiba’s work on, [354–6]
  • and the Jew (Book V.), [325] et seq.
  • Authority of, [368–9]
  • Codification of, workers on, [356–7]
  • Divine inspiration claimed for, [365]
  • History of, traditional, [339–40]
  • Influence of, on Christianity, [326], [327], [348], [370] & [n. 1]
  • on the Jews of the Dispersion, [339], [340], [346–7], [353], [368], [372–3]
  • Jewish devotion to, [326], [327], [347], [350], [368–9]
  • Materials, origin and founders of, [348] et seq., [358 n. 1], [360]
  • Meaning of term, [358 n. 1]
  • Object of, [345]
  • Popularity of, cause of, [371]
  • Power of, [346–7]
  • Recensions of, [344], [345], [359], [373]
  • Story of, [365–6]
  • Teaching of, differences in, from that of Christ, [366–8]
  • Method of, [357–60]
  • Spirituality of, [345], [352]
  • on Inspiration of Pentateuch and of the Prophets, [364–5]
  • on Miracles, [365]
  • on Bar-cochab, [336–7];
  • and on Rabbi Akiba, [355];
  • on the last war of the Jews, [98], [338] & [n. 1];
  • and on destruction of the Temple, [332]
  • Tannaim, the, [344], [358 n. 1]
  • Targumim, the, [360];
  • Haggadic pieces in, [373];
  • excerpts from, [373–5]
  • Tarquinius Priscus, [87]
  • Taylor, Dr., on Rabbinic dicta, [365 n. 1]
  • Teaching and doctrine, Early Christian Assemblies, [113–4];
  • groundwork of, [115–9];
  • as met with in the Catacombs, [220], [309] et seq., [312] & [n. 1], [315], [316] et seq.
  • Telesphorus, Pope, burial-place of, [287]
  • Temple, the, of Jerusalem, destruction of, [22], [331–4], [340] et seq., [355], [362], [368];
  • the end of Mosaism, [341]
  • Stones of Wailing all that is left of, [338]
  • Treasures from, in Rome, [333] & [n. 2], [351]
  • Women’s Court in, [380]
  • of Peace, Rome, [333 n. 2]
  • Tenth Legion, at Jerusalem, [332]
  • Tertullian, [151], [204], [315]
  • Rigourism of, [146], [151], [153–4], [179], [182]
  • Silent as to Vespasian, [40 n. 3]
  • Teaching of, [138]
  • Writings of:—
  • ad Uxor, on Hospitality, [128]
  • Apology of, resemblances between, and Octavius of Minucius Felix, [186]
  • Martyrs’ Manuals, [199]
  • Scorpiace, [121 n. 1];
  • S. Paul cited in, [202], [203] & [n. 1]
  • Treatise on Idolatry, [144 n. 1];
  • on training for Martyrdom, [203]
  • cited in support of Petrine tradition, [10–11], [13], [14];
  • on aid to prisoners, [130];
  • on almsgiving, [120];
  • on burying the poor, [132], [133];
  • on Christ with the Kid, [319], [320];
  • on Christian love, [119];
  • on highly-placed Christians, [111], [147], [149];
  • on idol-worship, [144 n. 1];
  • on insensibility of martyrs to pain, [200];
  • on numbers of Christians in the second century, [104], [105];
  • on penalty of being a Christian, [197] & [n. 1];
  • and on enduring hardness, [153–4];
  • on persecutions, [32], [36], [37], [190–1];
  • on physical training for martyrdom, [198], [202–3];
  • on Pliny’s correspondence with Trajan, [45], [46];
  • and on inconsistencies in Trajan’s Rescript, [55]
  • Testaments of the XII Patriarchs, on Almsgiving, [121]
  • Theban Legion, martyrdom of, legend of, [148 n. 1]
  • Theodelinda, and the Monza Catalogue (q.v.), [214–5], [228], [304]
  • Theodosius, Emperor, [253];
  • and the Basilica of S. Paul, [238];
  • Latin writers of his period, [64]
  • Theophitus, Bishop of Antioch, on assemblies, [108–9];
  • on persecution, [189–90]
  • Thibaritanos, Ad, letter by S. Cyprian, [198 n. 2], [199]
  • Thirty-nine Articles, the, [319 n. 1]
  • Thrason, Catacombs of, [258], [260]
  • Tiber, the, Catacombs beside, Itineraries on, [210–14];
  • S. Peter’s baptisms in, [11], [14]
  • Tiberias, Rabbinic School at, [326], [327];
  • method, study, and work at, [344], [346], [357], [358 n. 1]
  • Tibur, Hadrian’s Villa near, [82]
  • Tiburtius, martyr, tomb of, [242]
  • Tigellinus, evil counsel of, to Nero, [27]
  • Tillemont,—, [289];
  • on the Acts of S. Felicitas, [300];
  • on the martyrdom of the Theban Legion, [148 n. 1]
  • Titus, Bishop of Crete, Epistle of S. Paul to, on slavery, [135]
  • Titus, Emperor, [85], [325];
  • persecution under, [172], [173], [174], and see [207]
  • Siege by, of Jerusalem and triumph after, [331–4], [351], [352]
  • Views of, on Jewish and Christian religions, [39]
  • Toleration, advocated by some Early Christians, De Broglie on, [142–3]
  • Torah, the, [330], [341], [351], [352], [370];
  • additions, directions, explanations made to (see also under Names), [343] & [nn. 1] & [2] et seq.
  • Haggadic notices on, from Palestinian Targum, [373–5]
  • Halachic developments of, [376–7]
  • History of, [339]
  • Inspiration claimed for, [343], [364]
  • Mishnah and Gemara built up on, [361]
  • Post-exilic reverence for, [342] et seq.
  • Schools devoted to study of (see also [Rabbinic Schools]), [326]
  • Temple copy of, in Rome, [333] & [n.]2
  • Torre Pignatara, tomb of S. Helena at, [249]
  • Trade, difficulties in, of Early Christians, [141]
  • Tradition, rehabilitated by Archæology, [105], [225–6], [230–1], [239–40], [241], [289], [293], [298], [304]
  • on S. Peter as founder of Roman Christianity, [7], [8];
  • literary and archaeological support to, [8], [9] et seq.
  • Trajan, Emperor, [110], [164], [171], [172], [182];
  • attitude to, of Christian historians, [48–9]
  • Characteristics of, [49–50], [55], [85]
  • Death of, and successor, [75]
  • Pliny’s letter to, [27], [32], [35 n. 1], [43], [45] et seq., [56], [103] & [n. 2], [177]
  • Pope Gregory the Great’s prayer for, [49]
  • Principles of, as to Christians, [78], [97]
  • Rescript of, in reply to Pliny, [45] et seq., [56], [57], [177];
  • effect of, [180];
  • provisions of, [49–50];
  • publication of, [60 n. 1];
  • Tertullian’s criticisms on, [55];
  • views of scholars cited on, [49]
  • Social life of his time, [89]
  • Zealot revolt under, [334]
  • Translation of remains of Martyrs and Saints, [235], [236], [262], [263], [266] & [n. 1], [267], [272], [273–4], [292], [298]
  • Trastevere Quarter, Catacombs in, Itineraries on, [210–11]
  • Tridentine Catechism, the, [319 n. 1]
  • Trinity, Blessed, references to, in Catacombs, [316]
  • Triumvirate, proscription of, [56]
  • “Tropæum,” the, probable identification of, [282]
  • Ubaldi, Canon of S. Peter’s, on discoveries during erection of Bernini’s baldachino, [281] & [n. 1] et seq.
  • Uhlhorn,—, views of, on Trajan’s Rescript, [49]
  • Urban VIII, Pope, and the discovery of S. Peter’s sarcophagus, [233 n. 1], [280] et seq.;
  • epigram on, [280]
  • Urbanus, Bishop (not of Rome), and S. Cecilia, [290]
  • Urbanus, Bishop of Rome, [290]
  • Uxor, Ad, by Tertullian, [128]
  • Valentinian ii, Emperor, and the Basilica of S. Paul, [238]
  • Valentinus, the Gnostic, [112 n. 1]
  • Valerian, Emperor, favour shown by, to Christians, [147];
  • persecution under, [243], [247], [256], [275]
  • Vatican Basilica, the, [293]
  • Hill, Cemetery on, [243], [272–3];
  • beginning of, [280], [285], [286];
  • “Itinerary” on, [210];
  • rediscovery of, [280]
  • Papal tombs and Crypt of, [234], [236–7], [242], [244], [245] et seq.;
  • Popes buried in, [16], [233], [273], [283], [284], [286–7]
  • S. Peter’s tomb in, [16], [232], [233], [237]
  • Gardens on, martyrdoms in, [28], [29], [30], [32];
  • site of S. Peter’s death, [267]
  • Vatican Hill, “Memoriæ” of Apostles on, [11], [233]
  • Vergil, poems by, [87], [88], [91];
  • teaching of, [88], [95]
  • Verus, son of Ælius Verus, adopted by Antoninus Pius, [83]
  • Vespasian, Emperor, [33];
  • attitude of, to Christianity, [39–40] & [nn.], [207];
  • difficulties with the Jews, [92]
  • Persecution under, [172], [173], [174]
  • Roman characteristics of, [85]
  • Siege by, of Jerusalem, [330–1]
  • Temple of Peace built by, [333 n. 2]
  • Triumph of, [333]
  • Vestibule of Domitilla Cemetery, [240]
  • Via Appia, catacombs of, [211–12], [234], [237], [242] et seq., [301]
  • Ardeatina, catacombs of, [211], [239–42];
  • excavations in, value of, to history, [239–40]
  • Aurelia or Aurelia Vetus, catacombs along, [210–11], [233–5]
  • Flaminia, catacomb of, [214], [275–6]
  • Labicana, catacombs of, [212], [249]
  • Latina, catacombs of, [212], [248–9]
  • Nomentana, catacombs of, [212–3], [255–8]
  • Ostiensis, catacombs on, [211], [236–9], [243]
  • Portuensis, catacombs on, [211], [235–6]
  • Salaria, catacombs of, rediscovery of, [223] & [n. 1]
  • Cemetery of S. Priscilla on, [12]
  • Salaria Nova, catacombs of, [213], [258] et seq., [302], [303]
  • Salaria Vetus, catacombs of, [213], [274–5]
  • Tiburtina, catacombs of, [212], [250–5]
  • Vaticana, catacombs of, [210]
  • Victor, Pope, burial-place of, [287]
  • Vienne, martyrdoms at, [201], [208];
  • persecution at, by M. Aurelius, [94]
  • Vigilius, Pope, burial-place of, [272]
  • Viminal Hill, church on, [262]
  • Vision of S. Flavian, on Insensibility of Martyrs to Pain, [200]
  • Vision, The, of Perpetua, [199]
  • Vitellius, Emperor, [39], [331]
  • “War of Extermination,” the, [338]
  • Wars of the Jews, the three last, [77], [78–9], [80], [325], [329] et seq., [338], [354]
  • Westcott, Bishop, on date of letter to “Diognetus,” [178 n. 1]
  • Westminster Abbey, epitaph of Jane Lister in, [309]
  • Westminster Confession, [319 n. 1]
  • Whepstead, church of S. Parnel at, [278]
  • Widows and orphans, care of Early Church for, [124], [126]
  • William of Malmesbury, Itinerary of, on Roman Catacombs, [210], [211], [213]
  • Authority of, [210], [213], [227]
  • Date of, [227]
  • on S. Cecilia’s tomb, [293];
  • on S. Felicitas and her sons and their tombs, [303]
  • Wiseman, Cardinal, [263]
  • Women, Christ’s teaching on, and the Talmudic contrasted, [367] & [n. 1];
  • Court of, in the Temple, [380]
  • Worcester, two Saints of, [321]
  • Wordsworth, W., poem of, on S. Cecilia, [294 n. 1]
  • Worship (see also [Assemblies], [Idol-worship], [Incense]), in Christian Assemblies, Justin Martyr on, [113–4]
  • Wulphere, King of the Mercians, [279]
  • Xiphilin or Xiphilinus, on Domitian, [41];
  • on Hadrian, [75]
  • Zealots, Rabbinic masters unsympathetic to, [342], [353], [354];
  • revolts of, and results, [330–1], [332], [334–5]
  • Zephyrinus, Pope, martyr, [11];
  • tomb of, [243], [245], [273], [291]