Catulliacus

CATULLIACUS (Saint-Denis) Seine-St.-Denis, France.

The derivation of the place-name from the feminine name Catulla can be traced to the legend of St. Denis. However, a late Gallo-Roman cemetery has been found underneath the present cathedral, as well as some Gallo-Roman architectural blocks reused in Merovingian foundations. Two of these blocks have a design of long shields (scutum) and double axes and no doubt came from a public building nearby.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

M. Fleury, Nouvelle campagne de fouilles des sépultures de la basilique de Saint-Denis, C.r. de l'Académie des Inscriptions (1958); P. M. Duval, Paris antique (1961).

M. FLEURY