Dos episodios de la vida de Eliseo en el hipogeo de Dino Compagni

In the Catacomb of Via Latina (Via Dino Compagni) on the back wall of an arcosolium in Ferrua’s cubiculum B (Pavia’s E), are represented two scenes from Prophet Eliseus’s life. On the left is the ascension of Elias in the presence of Eliseus (the chariot of fire, 2 Kings 2, 11 18); on the right, Eliseus’s choice as a disciple of Elias (1 Kings 19, 19-21). All that remains are the two oxen of Eliseus’s sacrifice and the young Eliseus seated on a stone near a plough and a yoke. The latter scene is a “unicum” in ancient Christian iconography; no other examples before the 16th century are known.[Author]