PROGRAM OF LESSONS AND VISITS
            FOR THE COURSE OF INITIATION 2009-2010

November
Saturday 7:     9:30 – 11:30am. Prof. A. M. Ramieri, Inauguration of the course:
            Introduction to Christian Archaeology
Saturday 14:   9:30 – 11:30am. S. Heid, the Hagiography and the Liturgy of Rome
Saturday 21:   9:30 – 11:30am. Prof. A. M. Ramieri, Laws and Funeral Rites
Saturday 28:   9.00am. Visit to the Necropolis of Isola Sacra in Porto (departure
            from S. Maria Maggiore, opposite the Hotel Mecenate)


December
Saturday 5:     9:30 – 11:30am. PROF. L. DATTRINO, Patristic Sources
Saturday 12:  9:30 – 11:30am. PROF. L. SPERA, The Christianization of Rome: Time             and Form
Saturday 19:   9:30 – 11:30am. Visit to the Museum of Crypta Balbi


January
Saturday 9:     9:30 – 11:30am. O. BRANDT, Peter and Paul in Rome
Saturday 16:   9:30 – 11:30am. PH. PERGOLA, from the Classical City to the Christian
            City
Saturday 23:   9:30 – 11:30am. V. Fiocchi Nicolai, The Catacombs, Origins and
            Typology. The tombs of the martyrs up to the translations


February
Saturday 6:     9:30 – 11:30am. Visit to Coemeterium Maius (appointment at Via
            Asmara 6)
Saturday 13:   9:30 – 11:30am. F. GUIDOBALDI, Buildings and Places of Worship
            before and after the Peace of Constantine
Saturday 20:   9:30 – 11:30am. Visit to the complex of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
               (appointment in Piazza Santa Croce in Gerusalemme)
Saturday 27:   9:30 – 11:30am. D. MAZZOLENI, Origins and Development of Christian
             Epigraphy



March
Saturday 6:     9:30 – 11:30am. Visit to the Catacomb of S. Valentino (appointment at
            Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, 2)
Saturday 13:   9:30 – 11:30am. F. Bisconti, Reading the Ancient Image: Paintings,
                Mosaics, and Sarcophagi.
Saturday 20:   9:30am. Visit to the Catacomb of Commodilla (appointment at Via delle
            Sette Chiese, 42)
Saturday 27:   9:30am. Exams