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brethren, regardless of their rank or profession, reposed in a broad embrace of solidarity, awaiting the final resurrection. consequently, these were not sad places, but were adorned with frescoes, mosaics and sculptures, as if to brighten the dark and winding passages and, with images of flowers, birds
who gain salvation by being born in water and remaining there (de baptismo, : ). . the catacombs also preserve the tombs of the first martyrs, witnesses of a clear and most steadfast faith, which led them as "athletes of god" to triumph over the supreme trial. many tombs of the martyrs are still preserved...
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