1. Neue Forschungen zu frühchristlichen Friedhöfen.
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Dresken-Weiland, Jutta
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CHRISTIAN cemeteries , *CATACOMBS , *EARLY Christian funeral rites & ceremonies , *BURIAL laws (Canon law) , *RELICS , *THIRD century, A.D. , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *HISTORY - Abstract
The article reports on a conference on early Christian cemeteries, held in Regensburg, Germany, from April 19-20, 2013. Focusing mainly on the third century, participants discussed such topics as the catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter, Callixtus, and Praetextatus in Rome, Italy, Christian funeral laws and customs from the second to the eighth century, and the role of relics in the writings of Greek Christian church father Johannes Chrysostomus.
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- 2013