On Saturday, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano announced the June 19 discovery of a fresco inside a tomb depicting St. Paul, which Vatican officials said represented the oldest known icon of the apostle.
Benedict said archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome, which for some 2,000 years has been believed by the faithful to be the tomb of St. Paul.
Benedict said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century.
"This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul," Benedict said, announcing the findings at a service in the basilica to mark the end of the Vatican's Pauline year, in honor of the apostle. Read More
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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4 comments:
I always thought it was Apostle Peter was buried there? I doubt very seriously that the Romans allow a descent burial for the apostle. The Imperii Religio Roma is an old relic that rallies around icons and coffins to hold claim to the faith once delivered.
"R"--You are thinking of St. Peter's Basilica which was built on the sight of St. Peter's burial. This article is referring to St. Paul Outside the Wall in Rome where St. Paul was buried. At the time of their burials, no basilicas existed. These were built many centuries later. Many churches and shrines in the world have been built over the sights of important events or people, but usually much later in time.
of Paul or of Peter?
Paul
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