The Antiquarium of the basilicas was set up in 2000 and it guards the sculptural, architectural and liturgical elements of the complex. Here we can see marble pillars that decorated the altar of San Felice in the middle Ages. Here you will find the ancient marble sarcophagus reused for the burial of the suspect Adeodato.
Among all the objects, it is very interesting the marble crater witch maybe matches the canthorus, wich is a fountain, installed by San Paolino. Among the objects from the early Christianity ,furthermore, the five wooden caps are very interesting and they come from the altar on the tomb of San Felice: inside them were kept some relics.
Among the liturgical furnishings the pluto with the griffins is very important, together with the slab with the bovine and the lion and other fragments were part of the altar of San Felice at the time of the bishop Leone III and probably also the pillars are dated at the same time.
Tra i reperti di età paleocristiana, inoltre, destano curiosità le cinque capselle di legno che provengono dall’ altare sulla tomba di San Felice: al loro interno si custodivano delle reliquie. Tra gli arredi liturgici degno di nota è il pluteo con i grifi, insieme alla lastra con bovino e leone e ad altri frammenti costituivano l’altare di San Felice all’epoca del Vescovo Leone III, allo stesso periodo probabilmente si datano anche i pilastrini, oggi esposti smembrati.
The basilical complex of Cimitile currently includes seven buildings. The most important is the Basilica of Saint Felice, born after the deposition of Saint Felice. The grave was very simple and goes back to the III century a.C. When during the Empire it [...]
