They crawled out at night to get food, but remained under cover in the day time.

The priest told us that St.Sebastian lived under ground for some time while he was being hunted; he went out one day, and the soldiery discovered and shot him to death with arrows.

Five or six of the early Popes--those who reigned about sixteen hundred years ago--held their papal courts and advised with their clergy in the bowels of the earth.

During seventeen years--from A.D.235 to A.D.

252--the Popes did not appear above ground.