Catacombe dei Santi Marcellino e Pietro

The two martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, were killed during the persecution of 304 AD and literally lost their heads in Rome. But it gets worse. Before being killed, they were forced to dig their own grave with their bare hands.

Explore the history of the ancient catacombs, which cover an area of 18,000 m2. Your guide will lead you through this underground cemetery, spanning three levels and excavated between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD. Around you rest in peace approximately 20,000 to 25,000 people, alongside numerous martyrs from the persecution of Diocletian.

View the headstones covering the niches (known as loculi) and take a look at the early Christian inscriptions on the marble tombstones. A fascinating insight into the history of Rome.

Visit the Mausoleum of Saint Helena, connected to the basilica by a rectangular atrium. Around 329 AD, the mother of Constantine the Great, Helena, was buried here in a large red porphyry sarcophagus. See where the martyrs of Diocletian's persecution are buried in Rome