The Catacombs of Rome are ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around Rome, of which there are at least forty, some rediscovered only in recent decades. Though most famous for Christian burials, either in separate catacombs or mixed together, Jews and also adherents of a variety of pagan Roman religions were buried in catacombs, beginning in the 2nd century AD, occasioned by the ancient Roman ban on burials within a city, and also as a response to overcrowding and shortage of land. The most extensive and perhaps the best known is the Christian Catacomb of Callixtus located near the Park of the Caffarella, but there are other sites, both Christian and not, scattered around the city, some of which are now engulfed in the modern urban sprawl.
Santi Nereo ed Achilleo is a fourth-century basilica church in Rome, Italy, located in via delle Terme di Caracalla in the rione Celio facing the main entrance to the Baths of Caracalla. It has been the titular church of Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco since 28 November 2020.
Nereus and Achilleus are two Roman martyr saints. In the present General Roman Calendar, revised in 1969, Nereus and Achilleus (together) are celebrated on 12 May.
Kribbella catacumbae is a species of bacteria in the genus Kribbella. It was discovered on the walls of Roman catacombs in 2008.
Kribbella sancticallisti is a species of bacteria in the genus Kribbella. It was discovered as a whitish-grey patina growing in Roman catacombs in 2008.
Sphingopyxis italica is a bacterium. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and was isolated from volcanic rock in the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Its type strain is SC13E-S71T.
Phyllobacterium catacumbae is a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile bacteria with a polar tuft of flagella from the genus of Phyllobacterium which was isolated from the tuff walls from the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome in Italy.
Nocardioides albertanoniae is a gram-positive, aerobic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus Nocardioides that has been isolated from green biofilm growing on a wall of the Domitilla Catacombs in Rome, Italy.
Isoptericola is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterial genus from the family Promicromonosporaceae.
Isoptericola chiayiensis is a bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from mangrove soil from Chiayi County, Taiwan.
Isoptericola dokdonensis is a Gram-positive and non-motile bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from soil in Dokdo, Korea.
Isoptericola halotolerans is a Gram-positive, moderately halophilic and non-motile bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from soil in Qinghai Province, China.
Isoptericola jiangsuensis is a Gram-positive, chitin-degrading and non-motile bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from beach soil near Lianyungang, China.
Isoptericola nanjingensis is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from soil from Nanjing, China.
Isoptericola variabilis is a facultative anaerobic and nitrile-hydrolysing bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis in Germany.
Myceligenerans crystallogenes is a xylan-degrading bacterium from the genus Myceligenerans which has been isolated from tufa from the Catacomb of Domitilla in Rome, Italy.
Isoptericola cucumis is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from a cucumber in Auburn, Alabama, in the United States.
The Catacombs of Domitilla are an underground Christian cemetery named after the Domitilla family that had initially ordered them to be dug. They are located in Rome, Italy. They are situated over 16 metres underground, about 2 kilometers from the south of Appia Antica and span 15 kilometers in distance. They were actively used as a cemetery from the first through the fifth centuries AD and were rediscovered in 1593 by Antonio Bosio, an archaeologist They include more than 26,000 tombs. More recently, they have been restored using lasers, giving a much clearer view of the images on the walls. Unlike other Roman catacombs, these catacombs still hold the remains of humans.
Agromyces humatus is a Gram-positive, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Agromyces which has been isolated from a wall of a tomb from the Catacombs of Domitilla in Italy.
Isoptericola halalbus is a halotolerant and Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Isoptericola which has been isolated from sediments from a saline lake in Yuncheng, China.
