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Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter

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From Wikipedia: The Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD.[1] The catacombs were named in reference to the Christian martyrs Marcellinus and Peter who may have been buried there according to legend, near the body of St. Tiburtius.[2] During excavations performed from 2004 to 2010, an estimated 20,000 skeletons were discovered in these catacombs; the Read more...

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The Colosseum

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Wikipedia: According to Irenaeus (died about 202), Ignatius of Antioch was fed to the lions in Rome around 107 A.D. and although Irenaeus says nothing about this happening at the Colosseum, tradition ascribes it to that place Read more...

Addison’s Walk

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From ChurchAndCulture: On Saturday, September 19, 1931, Lewis invited two friends to dine with him in his rooms at Magdalen. One was a man by the name of Hugo Dyson, a lecturer in English Literature at Reading University. The other was Tolkien. On that fall evening, after they had dined, Lewis took his guests on a walk through the Magdalen Read more...

Holy Club, Christ College, Oxford

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Wikipedia: The Holy Club was an organization at Christ Church, Oxford, formed in 1729 by brothers John and Charles Wesley, who later founded Methodism.[1][2][3] The brothers and associates, including George Whitefield, met for prayer, Bible study, and pious discipline. Photo by the author Read more...

The Kilns, C.S. Lewis Home

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Wikipedia: The Kilns, also known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house in Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics.[1][2] The house itself was featured in the Narnia books.[3] Lewis’s gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle in The Silver Chair.[4] The Kilns was built in 1922 on the site of Read more...