Sepolcreto Ostiense
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 13, 2026 04:25 PM
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History
The modern toponym "Sepolcreto Ostiense" refers to a portion of what was once a vast ancient necropolis in Rome, located between the Rupe di San Paolo and the bend of the Tiber River. This necropolis was purportedly the place where the apostle Paul was buried and, subsequently, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls developed nearby. The archaeological evidence in the necropolis provides insight into the changing funeral customs in the second and third centuries CE, when the predominant funeral custom was gradually shifting from cremation to inhumation.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/507301472
41.8599020754, 12.4781056424
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Sepolcreto Ostiense (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Sepolcreto Ostiense (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Sepolcreto Ostiense located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Sepolcreto Ostiense located on Via Ostiensis (unspecified date range)
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Sepolcreto Ostiense: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/507301472> [accessed: 15 February 2026]
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