ROME — Vatican archaeologists have unearthed a sarcophagus thought to contain the remains of the Apostle Paul that had been buried beneath Rome’s second largest basilica.
The sarcophagus, which dates to at least A.D. 390, has been the subject of an extended excavation that began in 2002 and was completed last month, the project’s head said this week.
"Our objective was to bring the remains of the tomb back to light for devotional reasons, so that it could be venerated and be visible," said Giorgio Filippi, the Vatican archaeologist.
That would be pretty cool if true for the Vatican to have both Peter’s and Paul’s bones.
A reader sent me a related story from a parody blog.
Vatican archaeologists find Apostle Paul’s tomb in Rome
WITH REMAINS, ARCHEOLOGISTS FIND UNOPENED LETTERS FROM PAUL TO ROMANS, CORINTHIANS MARKED: "RETURN TO SENDER, POSTAGE DUE"
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That’s so cool! It just boggles me to think about they could have any idea about whose bones they belonged to. Wow! St. Peter and Paul pray for us!
Tradition says that he was short and lame. I expect the bones show something like that.
Catholicism.
We build on the bones of the saints
so it’s harder to lose ’em.
🙂
I guess St. Paul never got to pay the Postage since Nero already chopped his head off and the Mailman’s a rather slow runner. As it is said in the letter of the Evangelist SaintLuke to his correspondent in Corinth, ‘Behold, Paul is no longer with us and departed to the Glory of Our Lord. He was supposed to write a letter but the Mail Carrier returned it too late, since he got caught in a Maltese storm (As we had encountered before) and was a rather slow fellow who passed out on the destination. Then the letter got buried along with his remains,…’ The Letter of Luke to Joe the Corinthian concerning the Third Epistle, 3:19-21a
The Above is from The Letter of Luke to Joe the Corinthian concerning the Third Epistle, which was found hidden among backIssues of ‘Roman Empire Quarterly’,’The Palestinian Gazette’, ‘The Roman Messenger’, and piles of Grocery lists, Used Travel tickets to Asia Minor and Jerusalem, and Crude Travelogues made by hawkers and contains incorrect grammar and spelling that may mislead tourists.
All these found in the 2nd Basement of the Vatican Library and guarded by deadly Albino Monk Assassins.
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