Columbaria

Mege, which appears most accurate, the first was called Columbaria, now St. Clement's, and stood within sixty paces from the saint's cave, called the Holy

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Columbaria being only used for dependents and slaves, were generally erected near the tombs of their masters; and hence all along the

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

The Columbaria near the tomb of the Scipios are three in number, and contain the cinerary urns of persons attached to the household of the emperors from the reign of

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Columbaria for their slaves and freedmen were built by the great patrician families, but also family vaults for the wealthier middle classes were constructed and sold by speculators, just as in our modern town cemeteries.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

On the right of the road, in a vineyard, are several Columbaria belonging to the family of Cæcilius, an obscure Latin poet, who was a predecessor of Terence, and died one hundred and sixty-eight years before Christ; and on the left are the Columbaria of the freedmen of

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Columbaria are a specialty of Rome and the Campagna, and are found nowhere else, not even in the colonies or settlements originating directly from the city.

Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

Columbaria, 256; the cost of loculi, 257; the three kinds of columbaria, 257; that on the Via Latina owned by shareholders, 258; the loculi drawn by lot, 259; interior, 260 (plate).

Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

See also, _Catacombs_; _Columbaria_; _Tombs_; _Ustrinum_.

Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

These facts are derived from inscriptions found in _Columbaria_.

The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

Columbaria, where the dead used to be put away in pigeon-holes.

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834