This is a condensed version of an earlier post. We have to start with Flavia’s connection to the Judean ethnic group, Princess Berenice. In the 80s, Berenice, in exile in Rome, very likely attended the pre-Papal Roman congregation. It was the best alternative to Pharisaical synagogues. (My suggestion is plausible because the Papal Roman congregation…
Tag: Catacombs of Domitilla
Origin of the Catacombs of Domitilla
Flavia Domitilla donated the use of her family catacombs on her suburban property. It already hosted an above-ground cemetery. (Two of her household staff were buried above-ground.*) Although Flavia Domitilla’s nuclear and extended family disappears from history after 95 CE, the Roman congregation continued to use the donated Catacombs of Domitilla for many centuries, evolving…