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Christians in the catacombs celebrate the communion, threatened by Roman soldiers who are descending the stairs behind them. Lithograph after A. Leloir.

Porta San Sebastiano, Rome: an ancient sepulchral chamber (columbarium). Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

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Porta San Sebastiano, Rome: an ancient sepulchral chamber (columbarium). Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.

Christians in the catacombs celebrate the communion, threatened by Roman soldiers who are descending the stairs behind them. Lithograph after A. Leloir.