The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity

chapter in the history of the church.[138] The remains of Eusebius

were brought from Sicily, the place of his exile, by his successor, Melchiades, and interred in the Catacomb of Callixtus, but not with the other bishops, the approaches to whose tomb were blocked up with earth, probably to prevent its violation by the enemies of the faith. Melchiades, with whom the long succession o...