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 APPENDIX I.—S. PETRONILLA

Suggested derivation of Petronilla—De Rossi and other scholars still hold to the ancient Petrine tradition—Reasons for maintaining it—Early mediæval testimony here—Traces of the early cult of this Saint       277

APPENDIX II.—TOMB OF S. PETER

Probable situation of the tomb in present basilica of S. Peter—Account of what was found in the course of the excavations in the seventeenth century, by Ubaldi, Canon of S. Peter's, who was an eye-witness of the discoveries made in a.d. 1626, when the works required for the great bronze Baldachino of Bernini were being carried out      279

PART II

TWO EXAMPLES OF RECENT DISCOVERIES

I

THE CRYPT OF S. CECILIA

The old story of the famous Saint no longer a mere legend—Reconstruction of S. Cecilia's life—The crypt is described—Her basilica in the Trastevere quarter—once S. Cecilia's house       289

II

REMOVAL OF S. CECILIA TO HER BASILICA

Discovery of remains of S. Cecilia by Paschal ., 821—Appearance of the body, which he translated from the crypt in the catacomb of Callistus to her basilica—Her tomb in the basilica opened in 1599 by Clement —Appearance of the body—Maderno copied it in marble—How De Rossi discovered and identified in the original catacomb the crypt of S. Cecilia       292

III

THE TOMB OF S. FELICITAS, AND OF HER SONS

Discovery and identification of the burial-places of S. Felicitas, of S. Januarius, and of her other sons—Reconstruction of her story—Tomb of S. Januarius found in cemetery of Prætextatus on the Via Appia—Original tomb of S. Felicitas found in the cemetery bearing her name (Via Salaria Nova)—Identification of the burial-places of her other sons       298