Il martirio in epoca severiana di S. Alessandro presso Baccano lungo la via Cassia tra testimonianze agiografiche e dati archeologici

Abstract

A rupestrian church near the ancient mansio ad Baccanas (via Cassia) can now be read under a new light: this building probably was mainly the tomb of the bishop Alexander, a Christian martyr of III century.

Keywords

• mansio ad baccanas
• passio sancti alexandri
• regio vii
• tardo antico
• via cassia – late antiquity
• mansio ad baccanas
• passio sancti alexandri
• regio vii
• via cassia.