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the statue is sitting in the middle of the room

I am very pleased that it goes back to my project on the Catacomben Saints from Switzerland. This time it went into the Rheinau monastery and we visited 4 catacombs saint. I was fascinated especially the St. Deodatus and the St.. Theodora. Both are sitting on chairs to see and on the side altars. Here the St. Theodora the martyr on one chair under a small canopy. In the right hand she holds a a palm branch (prize of victory). In his left hand the sword (Arma Christi). The Authentika…

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an old building with stone floors and pillars

Ancient Rome- The Catacombs of Rome are ancient catacombs, underground burial places under Rome, Italy, of which there are at least forty, some discovered only in recent decades. Though most famous for Christian burials, either in separate catacombs or mixed together, they began in the 2nd century AD,[1] mainly as a response to overcrowding and shortage of land.

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