A Roma nelle catacombe di Santa Tecla, sulla via Ostiense, è stata scoperta una icona raffigurante San Paolo, risalente al IV secolo d.C. I restauratori che lavorano da oltre un anno al restauro delle catacombe, nel ripulire con il laser la patina calcarea che ricopre hypogeum time, revealed the face of St. Paul: the oval thin, big eyes and deep, the balding, broad forehead wrinkling of reflection, a bit unshaven, in other words the Apostle depicted with the typical features of the thinker and especially Plotinus, philosopher reference of late antiquity. When it was painted at the end of the fourth century, Augustine had not yet written, Confessions, St. Paul's image of worship is reserved for the oldest known image of the apostle so far. The discovery dates back to June 19, 2009 and represents an extraordinary event that seals in an unexpected and surprising conclusion of the jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul.
Catacombs of Santa Tecla, along the Via Ostiense, not far from the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, are known from the eighteenth century. Community and the catacombs, there are the remains of hundreds of Christians who wished to be buried near Santa Tecla, a Roman martyr who should not be confused with the same saint friend of St. Paul, the protagonist of the ancient apocryphal Acta Pauli et Theclae. The time is the face of St. Paul, surrounded a circle (clypeus) yellow gold on red, and next, another portrait of St. Peter, the "rock", and then shown with the face of stronger and more rugged fisherman. A fine burial, which could be inspired by the basilica of the three emperors, dedicated to St. Paul and desired by Constantine in the fourth century was built not far away and was destroyed in the nineteenth century. In the cubicle were discovered two other apostles, perhaps John and James, and even a Daniel in the lions and the sacrifice of Isaac.
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