In the open area are two small basilicas with three apses, known as the "Trichorae". In the Easter one were perhaps laid to rest pope Zephyrinus and the young martyr of the Eucharist, St. Tarcisius. (THE CATACOMBS OF ST. CALLIXTUSArchivado el 14 de abril de 2014 en Wayback Machine.). Two such cellae, or cemeterial basilicas, dedicated respectively to Sts. Sixtus and Cecilia and St. Soter, may still be seen in the cemetery of St. Callistus. In form they belong to the class of edifices known as cellae trichorae, each consisting of a rectangular nave terminating in three semicircular apses, the chords of which form three sides of a square. (Catholic Encyclopedia - Cella)
In the open area are two small basilicas with three apses, known as the "Trichorae". In the Easter one were perhaps laid to rest pope Zephyrinus and the young martyr of the Eucharist, St. Tarcisius. (THE CATACOMBS OF ST. CALLIXTUSArchivado el 14 de abril de 2014 en Wayback Machine.). Two such cellae, or cemeterial basilicas, dedicated respectively to Sts. Sixtus and Cecilia and St. Soter, may still be seen in the cemetery of St. Callistus. In form they belong to the class of edifices known as cellae trichorae, each consisting of a rectangular nave terminating in three semicircular apses, the chords of which form three sides of a square. (Catholic Encyclopedia - Cella)
Yvette Duval, Auprès des saints corps et âme. L'inhumation ad santos dans la chrétienté d'Orient et d'Occident du IIIe au VIIe siècle, Études augustiniennes, 1988, 230 p. (ISBN 2-85121-096-3). Fuente citada en fr:Confessio
In the open area are two small basilicas with three apses, known as the "Trichorae". In the Easter one were perhaps laid to rest pope Zephyrinus and the young martyr of the Eucharist, St. Tarcisius. (THE CATACOMBS OF ST. CALLIXTUSArchivado el 14 de abril de 2014 en Wayback Machine.). Two such cellae, or cemeterial basilicas, dedicated respectively to Sts. Sixtus and Cecilia and St. Soter, may still be seen in the cemetery of St. Callistus. In form they belong to the class of edifices known as cellae trichorae, each consisting of a rectangular nave terminating in three semicircular apses, the chords of which form three sides of a square. (Catholic Encyclopedia - Cella)
