INDEX 106, 176, 223, 237, 239, 242, 243, 248, 249, 298, see also Africa North African cargo boats, 303 North African catacombs, see North African cemeteries North African cemeteries, 244 North African Punic-type house, 40 North African Red Ware Lamps, see Hays Type IIA Lamps Noto, 102, 223 Nuffara Hill (Gozo), 5-6 Numidian prayer formula, 244 O Odessy, 38 Odovacer. 237, 238 Odyseus, 36 Oecumenical Councils, 250, 251, 253, et passim Office of Archon, 240, 241, 298-299 Office of Droungarios, 240, 241, 299 Ognina Bronze Age Culture (Sicily), 8n Oil industry 45-46 Old and New Testament paintings, 178 Olive oil amphorae, 2 Olive oil processing and production, 278 Olive Tree in Roman Malta, 45 Old Railway Track (Attard) Romano-Punic tomb, 177 Optatus, Marcus Livius, 29, 294 Oracle of Delphi, see Delphi Oracle Oratory of Santa Lucia, see Catacomb of Santa Lucia, Syracuse Orant figures, 106, 179, 181, 193 Oriental Christianity, 251-252 Oriental saints, 252 Orosius, Paulus, 86, 93 Oratory of St Publius at St Paul’s Grotto, 77 Ornate screens, 188, 206 Ordo Decurriorum, 294,295, see also Roman Political context Orsi, Paolo, 223, 231 Orthodox Christians, 240, 242, 246 Orthodox dogma, see Orthodox Christians Ostrogothic coins, 239 Ostrogoths, 239 et passim Ostrogoths in Malta, 242 Ostrogorsky, G., 252 Ossuaries, 220 Otto IV (Holy Roman Emperor), 93 Ovid, 43 Oxford, 65
P Pace, Bishop Pietro, 297 Padre Pelagio, 83n Paestum, 169 Pagan Romans, 242, et passim Pagnini-Lanfredini, G. , 64 Painted decoration in Maltese Catacombs, 178, 185 Palace of Constantian, 88 Palazzo Marnisi, Marsaxlokk, 264 Palazzolo (Sicily), 102 Palestine, 95 Palermo, 89, 104, 252, 302 Palm fronds motif, 186, 203, 207 Palm Street, Paola, 149 Palma Plateau, 5 Palunko, Mgr. V., 65 Pamphilia, 60 Pantalleria, 93 Paola, 149, 153 Paola Sammat Street Catacombs, 105, 149152, 185 Papal estate on Gozo, 300 Pastoral Visitation Report of 1665, 264 Paternalia festival, 169 Patriarcate of Constantinople, 89, 252, 301 Pauline apochrypha, see Pauline cult in Malta Pauline cult in Malta, 63, 71-73, 94, 95, 251, 263, 274, 275, 277, 286, et passim Pauline Epistles, 216 Pauline origins of Maltese Christianity, 274, et passim Pauline traditions, see Pauline cult in Malta Pausanias, 66 Peet, T.E., 6 Peleponese, 66 Perellos, Grand Master Ramon, 21, 204 Perfume bottles, 161 Pergamum, 27 Persephonē, 38, et passim. See also Proserpina Phocas (Byzantine Emperor), 107, 235 Pellegrini, G.B., 251 People and Senate of Melite, see also Melite municipium, and Roman political context Phoenice, 60, 62, 66 Phoenicians, 267 et passim. See also Punic cultural heritage, and Punic native community Phoenician burial places, , see Romano-Punic tomb Phoenician-Punic culture, see Punic cultural heritage Phoinikus, 66
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