Catacomb of Pontian

Burial place

catacomb in Rome, Italy

Location: 41.8775, 12.4630 · Pleiades 838349787

Who is recorded here

Anastasius I burial · AD 401

In art

File:Ponziano Wilpert.JPG — unknown artist, circa 6th-7th century A.D., Rome photo made under direction of Joseph Wilpert, published 1903 photos in the book made by Pompeo Sansaini hand coloring of photos by Carlo Tabanelli

About the place

The Catacomb(s) of Pontian is one of the catacombs of Rome on the Via Portuensis, notable for containing the original tombs of Pope Anastasius I (399–401) and his son Pope Innocent I (401–417). The Catacomb was discovered by famed Italian explorer Antonio Bosio in 1618.

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