The palaeochristian sarcophagus in African onyx (4th century) was broken and reused as an altarpiece for the church of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sant%27Afra_in_Sant%27Eufemia_(Brescia)" title="Category:Sant'Afra in Sant'Eufemia (Brescia)">Saint Afra in Brescia</a>. It is thought to have been built to accomodate the remains of saint Faustinus and Iovita, 2nd century Christian martyrs. Today it is exhibited in the archaeological <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Museo_di_Santa_Giulia_a_Brescia" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo di Santa Giulia a Brescia">Santa Giulia Museum, in Brescia</a>, Italy. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, June 25 2011.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>.
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