tombs of the Apostles: Saint Peter's Basilica

tombs of the Apostles: Saint Peter's Basilica by ric Gustafson


In what was known as the Vatican Field, is a blue gray colossus. This piazza is known as Saint Peter's Basilica. The piazza has two fountains and two colonnades. The piazza was the last part of the Vatican to be completed.
He was called the Prince of the Apostles. In the New Testament he went by six different names. Jesus gave him the name Peter the Rock. Peter was a contrast. Jesus addresses him more often than any of the other Apostles. He is also condemned more harshly than any of the other Apostles. Peter is the only Apostle to rebuke Jesus to his face. He was one of the first called disciples of Jesus. It is believed that Peter was buried in a ditch on the Vatican hillside. On July 19 in the year 64, a huge fire destroyed thirteen of Rome's seventeen regions. In Nero's mind, the Christians caused this disaster to happen. According to tradition, Peter was arrested by Nero and kept in Mamertine Prison. Both Peter and Paul, according to tradition, were martyred the same day.


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