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International Catacomb Society

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Bridging Disciplines • Supporting Scholarship • Connecting the Public at catacombsociety.org.

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International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · 3d ago

The founder of the ICS, Estelle Shohet Brettman, began her career as a marine biologist, but by the late 60s and early ’70s, an interest in antiquity led her to become an expert on the iconography of ancient gems and seals, and a docent and lecturer on the subject at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Photo of Estelle Shohet Brettman smiling.
International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · last wk.

The mission of the ICS is: ✳️to promote awareness of the Jewish Catacombs in Rome ✳️to support research and scholarship in the fields of archaeology, art history, classical studies and related fields ✳️to circulate exhibits and disseminate publications ✳️to cooperate with educational institutions

International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Inside a rectangular basin, the team found coins, the remains of small animals believed to have been consumed during ritual meals, and several amphora stoppers. One stopper bears an engraved Christian monogram." greekreporter.com/2026/07/20/a... #archaeology #Sicily

Ancient Greek City in Sicily Yields Rare Mosaics and Early Christian Finds - GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists in ancient Greek Agrigento uncovered a colorful mosaic and early Christian finds revealing the city's remarkable evolution.

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Jennifer Barry@jennisifire.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ok! Three drafts of chapters are out to generous readers. One last tricky chapter to deal with. This book is nearly there! It feels weird to be writing about scandal with all the scandals around us but here we are.

Arthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷@arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is the feast of St Apollinaris, first bishop of #Ravenna. A basilica was dedicated to him in the 6th c. near the site of his martyrdom by the city's port. The apse is decorated with his image in prayer below a symbolic rendering of the Transfiguration. 📷🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/Gfusy2 #photography #Italy

Apse, Sant'Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy)

If you go to Ravenna, Italy, you will find that there are two ancient churches dedicated to the city's patron St. Apollinaris. One, in the heart of the city, was built in the early sixth century by th...

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Dr. Chance Bonar@chancebonar.bsky.social · 3w ago

This chapter will be a bit of a follow-up to my OE piece on Eusebius’s Palestinianness, digging more into how he narrated local trauma to craft a shared Palestinian ID & encouraged his readers elsewhere to care about Palestinian Christian suffering everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/t...

The Father of Church History was Palestinian – #EOPalestine 21

by Chance Bonar Eusebius Pamphilius, bishop of Caesarea Maritima (modern Qesarya/قِيسارْيَة, Israel), is a fixture in the study of ancient Christianity. Living from the 260s to 339 CE and spending …

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Dr. Chance Bonar@chancebonar.bsky.social · 3w ago

First look at my contribution to Uden & Várhelyi's _Pain, Trauma, and Suffering in the Roman Empire_! Looking forward to sharing thoughts on Eusebius's production of Palestinian Christian identity via shared trauma + the effects of spatial confinement that produced death-bound subjects

Mines and Prisons as Sites of Insecurity and Confinement in Eusebius’ On the Martyrs of Palestine Chance E. Bonar Introduction Composed in the 310s, Eusebius of Caesarea’s On the Martyrs of Palestine (περὶ τῶν ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ μαρτυρησάντων) narrates the martyrdoms of numerous Palestinian Christians during the reign of Diocletian. In many of the accounts, Christians are not only exposed to various degrees and types of torture narrated in gory detail by Eusebius, but are also incarcerated or condemned to the mines in Palestine, Egypt, or Cilicia. My aim in this chapter is to explore how mines and prisons—as discussed in both classical scholarship and through theoretical interventions offered by carceral and slavery studies—functioned as sites of both insecurity and containment, meant to control the movements and sensory experiences of individuals. Through this type of embodied control that could induce both somatic and psychological trauma, Eusebius’ narration of Diocletian’s persecution highlights how individuals marginalized by the sovereign state may be subject not only to bodily discipline, but also to economic exploitation and the embodied consequences of being crafted as a death-bound subject.
Dr. Chance Bonar@chancebonar.bsky.social · 3w ago

First look at my contribution to Uden & Várhelyi's _Pain, Trauma, and Suffering in the Roman Empire_! Looking forward to sharing thoughts on Eusebius's production of Palestinian Christian identity via shared trauma + the effects of spatial confinement that produced death-bound subjects

Mines and Prisons as Sites of Insecurity and Confinement in Eusebius’ On the Martyrs of Palestine Chance E. Bonar Introduction Composed in the 310s, Eusebius of Caesarea’s On the Martyrs of Palestine (περὶ τῶν ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ μαρτυρησάντων) narrates the martyrdoms of numerous Palestinian Christians during the reign of Diocletian. In many of the accounts, Christians are not only exposed to various degrees and types of torture narrated in gory detail by Eusebius, but are also incarcerated or condemned to the mines in Palestine, Egypt, or Cilicia. My aim in this chapter is to explore how mines and prisons—as discussed in both classical scholarship and through theoretical interventions offered by carceral and slavery studies—functioned as sites of both insecurity and containment, meant to control the movements and sensory experiences of individuals. Through this type of embodied control that could induce both somatic and psychological trauma, Eusebius’ narration of Diocletian’s persecution highlights how individuals marginalized by the sovereign state may be subject not only to bodily discipline, but also to economic exploitation and the embodied consequences of being crafted as a death-bound subject.