Saint John Bosco praying in the catacombs. Catacombs of Saint Callistus

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VIOTA PACE NNIS VIE mainininang CONTI SAINT JOHN BOSCO PRAYED AND MEDITATED FOR A WHOLE DAY IN THE CATACOMBS « The Saint came out from the catacombs at six o'clock in the evening: he had entered at eight o'clock that morning.» 66 (s. Rotolo Don Bosco's visits to Rome " p. 99).

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CATACOMBS OF SAINT CALLISTUS SALESIANI DI DON BOSCO Via Appia Antica, 110 - ROMA - Tel. 70.485 “Whoever enters those holy places (the cata- mbs) experiences an emotion that remains never be forgotten for all one's life long: and thus was that Don Bosco was enwrapted in sweet and holy thoughts whilst traversing those underground passages, where the first christians, in assisting at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with the prayers said in common, with the singing of the psalms and prophecies, with the reception of Holy Com- munion, and in listening attentively to the preach- ing of the bishops and popes had found the neces- sary strength for enduring the martyrdom that 'vaited them. It is almost impossible to gase with vyes that are not dimmed with tears on those loculi which have held the nangled and bloodstained corpses of so many heroes of the faith: on those tombs of well nigh fourteen popes who have given their lives testifying to the doctrine that they tought. There too is the crypt of Saint Cecilia.” (s. Rotolo - Don Bosco's visit to Rome).