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Gimme that really ole time religion:

Roman Catacomb, c. 150 AD:

Fractio Panis (Latin: 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, 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.
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814 posted on 11/28/2011 10:27:26 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr

What is being depicted in this fresco?


885 posted on 11/28/2011 2:37:12 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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