confessio

Christ before men at the cost of their lives -- hence the name confessio was applied to their last resting-place, when, as happened frequently from the fourth century, an altar was erected over it.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

I thought it fitting to share with you an image of St. Lawrence from the basilica dedicated to him in Rome, St. Lawrence outside the Walls, as well as the confessio beneath the high altar of the same basilica, where his relics are kept and venerated.

Feast of St. Lawrence 2009

A nice view of the confessio, the altar, and the Pope at the throne in the background:

Papal Vespers for the Conclusion of the Pauline Year 2009

(One can just see the confessio beneath the Altar, where the relics of St. Sabina are found)

Ash Wednesday from Santa Sabina, Rome 2009

Chorus sacratus martirum confessio sacerdotum et virginalis castitas nos a peccatis abluant.

November 1: The Feast of All Saints bls 2008

Chorus sacratus martirum confessio sacerdotum et virginalis castitas nos a peccatis abluant.

Archive 2008-11-01 bls 2008

Starting new ones will only compound the problem: the traditionalist is in the same boat as the liberal to the extent that both are prisoners of a denominational market (p. 205), even when appeal is constantly being made to the model of Reformation confessio - or even early Christian martyrdom.

Ramsey Lecture - Durham - 'The Lutheran Catholic' 2004

And the implication is that disruption, separation, taking up the stance of confessio in Reformation language, are part of the properly theological life of the Church.

Ramsey Lecture - Durham - 'The Lutheran Catholic' 2004

Deep under the confessio in a little stone room Saint Peter himself was buried; here the Emperor Charlemagne had been crowned.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

If, then, this crypt may be assumed to be a _confessio_, there follows a very interesting consequence.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett