Location of Tomb O


Necropolis (Scavi) Tomb O
Tomb of the Matucci
 

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Tomb of Matucci (Tomb O)

From: 'Guide to the Vatican Necropolis' by Michele Basso, Fabbrica di S. Pietro

In front of the ancient tomb of the Matucci is a small open enclosure with walls of opus reticulatum. To the west of the tomb is an external stairway which led to "Field P". The interior has cineraria in re-used niches.

The simple and austerely decorated walls are of plain yellow spaces, alternating with purple lines and delicate twigs with tiny leaves.

 

 

Sources
Michele Basso. Guide to the Vatican Necropolis, Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, 1986

Margherita Guarducci, The Tomb of St Peter, Hawthorn Books, 1960
John Evangelist Walsh, The Bones of St Peter, New York, 1982
Toynbee and Perkins. The Shrine of St Peter and the Vatican Excavations, London 1956
P. Zander. The Vatican Necropolis, in "Roma Sacra", 25, Roma 2003


 
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