Archaeologists identify early Christian church previously only known about through letters

Archaeologists in northern Italy have identified the likely location of an early Christian church described in a letter written by St. Jerome in A.D. 396, along with a nearby building believed to have served as the bishop’s palace in the ancient city of Altino.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”