Located along the Via Ostiense, who Thecla actually is, unknown to liturgical sources, scholars still do not agree today. However, the attribution of the birth of the original funerary nucleus to the 3rd century is certain. A.D. Topographically, the catacomb of S. Tecla has a simple development. It consists of a small underground basilica, built in the 4th century. AD, after the deposition of the martyr, through works of expansion and monumentalization of the small pre-existing underground cemetery dating back to the 3rd century. The galleries are arranged by developing three large ambulatory, arranged in an isosceles triangle, onto which 22 burial chambers open, some of which have shaft tombs, similarly to those in the Commodilla complex. To date, thanks to recent restorations carried out with pi
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