The bodies of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth were first laid in the cemetery of St. Hermes, but in 1845, the discovery of Hyacinth’s bones in his primitive tomb opened a new era in the history of the Catacombs and of Christian archaeology.
The bodies of Sts. Protus and Hyacinth were first laid in the cemetery of St. Hermes, but in 1845, the discovery of Hyacinth’s bones in his primitive tomb opened a new era in the history of the Catacombs and of Christian archaeology.