Foto del carme di Papa Damaso

2008-08-03 11:33:14

Marble slab, poem inscribed reads: "If you are looking for, know that here lies a host of the Blessed. The venerable sepulchres enclose the bodies of the Saints, but the royal palace of heaven carried off to itself their sublime souls. Here lie the companions of Sixtus who bear the trophies won from the enemy. Here the group of the elders who keep guard of the altars of Christ. Here the bishop who lived through the long peace. Here the holy Confessors sent to us from Greece. Here the young men a