Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus

The Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus are underground paleo-Christian burial sites (4th–5th century AD), located in the northern area of the city of Naples (now Stella district) [1]. The catacombs were probably occupied on a pre-existing Greek-Roman necropolis in the district known nowadays as Rione Sanità [1]. The urbanisation of Rione Sanità began only around the sixteenth century and the catacombs returned to their original burial function [1]. During the seventeenth century the underground cemetery was "modernized" with profound changes in its original structure and the destruction of some of it [1]. The arcosolium, placed at the entrance, guards the Tomb of San Gaudioso, with a sixth-century mosaic decoration [1].