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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 I., A.D. 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 A.D. 1599 by Clement VIII.—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