ORATORY AND CATACOMB OF S. ALEXANDER,

discovered in 1853. S. Alexander suffered under Trajan, A.D. 117. In

the fourth century a church was built over the oratory and catacomb.

In 1867 Pius IX. laid the foundations of a church to be erected over

these remains. _To visit them a permit is necessary from the cardinal

vicar, 70 Via della Scrofa._

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