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Fractio Panis
Widely accepted41.8931° N · 12.4828° E

Fractio Panis

🇮🇹 Rome, Italy

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About

About Fractio Panis

Fractio Panis (English: Breaking of Bread) is the name given to a fresco in the Greek Chapel (Capella Greca) in the Catacomb of Priscilla, situated on the Via Salaria Nova in Rome. The fresco depicts seven persons at a table, possibly all women, due to the long skirts (men's wouldn't come past the calf), veil, and all of their upswept hair. The Vatican declares it to be six men and a woman. Like the whole of the decorations of the chapel, the fresco dates from the first half of the 2nd century. The painting is found upon the face of the arch immediately over the altar tomb, upon which the sacrament of the Eucharist was performed.

History

How it came to be

Built
c. 200 CE
Excavation
Not applicable

Location

Where it is

41.8931° N · 12.4828° E

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