Priscilla _is said_ to be the Christian name of the mother of Pudens.
Anastasius (xxxi. 31) says this cemetery was made by Bishop Marcellus,
A.D. 307. There is a burial vault here said to be the tomb of the
family of Pudens; it has some rude frescoes--a woman coming out of a
house; an orante in act of prayer, called a Madonna; a woman between
two men, twice over. Other frescoes, in different chambers, are the
Three Jews in the Fiery Furnace; Good Shepherd; four orantes and
doves; seven men carrying a barrel, whilst two others lie on the
ground. Scratched on the wall is ORATIUS D. NOBILIBUS ANTONIUS BOSIUS;
and underneath was a marble slab--BONAVIÆ CONJUGI SANCTISSIMAE; a Good
Shepherd; a female figure seated, with a child in her lap, looking
towards a male figure with hands extended, called the Virgin and
Isaiah (query, Joseph)--between them is a star. This is the earliest
painting of the Virgin known.
_Leaving the catacomb, the hill on the left, beyond, was the site of_