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Today we commemorate the building of St Peters

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November 18, 2015, 10:54:39 am Last Edit: November 18, 2015, 03:46:53 pm by HSVhogfan2
Basilica and The Basilica of Paul outside The Walls.

This original Cathedral was built on the Mons Vaticanus (Latin for Vatican Hill) across the Via Cornelia, less than 500ft from the place of Peters death, where he was buried.. The Via Cornelia was a road which ran east-to-west along the north wall on land now covered by the southern portions of the Basilica and Saint Peter's Square. Peter's grave was initially marked simply by a red rock, symbolic of his name. A shrine was built on this site some years later. The original Old St Peters Basilica was built in the early 4th century, on the place where the new one stands.

St Pauls Basilica was built in the late 4th century on the place where Paul was executed. It is called Paul outside the Walls, because it is notmin Rome proper, although it is owned and operated by the Vatican. I've got a link somewhere to a virtual tour I will find and put in.

http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_paolo/vr_tour/index-en.html

http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_pietro/vr_tour/index-en.html
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