Where's Peter Burried?

[C2M2C]

Born and raised Catholic, converted to Mormonism and now considering a return to Catholicism.

I have been studying wildly and came across a Born Again Christian web site that claims that Peter was buried in Jerusalem not Rome as Catholics contend.

Can someone elaborate on the story and the significance of Peters burial location?

Thanks

C2M2C

 

[redrosetea]

During WW2 the pope had the catacombs under St Peters in Rome Excavated

They found the bones of St Peter…In his tomb was a message scratched on slate Peter pray for me…Peter had been crucified in Rome

 

[JRKH]

Born and raised Catholic, converted to Mormonism and now considering a return to Catholicism.

I have been studying wildly and came across a Born Again Christian web site that claims that Peter was buried in Jerusalem not Rome as Catholics contend.

Can someone elaborate on the story and the significance of Peters burial location?

Thanks

C2M2C

As far as I know Peter is buried under the Main altar in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Check out this Article here for some more info.

Peace
James

 

[Rolltide]

As an historian, I can tell you that although there is not 100% proof positive that St. Peter is buried under St. Peter’s Basilica, the archeological evidence is quite strong. The location and the tomb fit with all known details and date to the exact era, there is very early graffiti indicating that it was a site of pilgrimage to Peter already in the first century (some of the graffiti even says, “Here lies Peter”, and if I recall correctly, the bones even belong to a man who seems to have been crucified upside-down, as St. Peter was supposed to have been.

 

[Matariel]

Born and raised Catholic, converted to Mormonism and now considering a return to Catholicism.

I have been studying wildly and came across a Born Again Christian web site that claims that Peter was buried in Jerusalem not Rome as Catholics contend.

Can someone elaborate on the story and the significance of Peters burial location?

Thanks

C2M2C

Well, you should check out the Bones of St. Peter. It’s a book about the burial location of St. Peter. It presents very well-documented evidence of Saint Peter’s grave in Rome, buried with his son Mark, and his wife. However, relics are sometimes divided-- so it’s completely possible that his relics could be in both Rome and Jerusalem.

 

[adstrinity]

…and if I recall correctly, the bones even belong to a man who seems to have been crucified upside-down, as St. Peter was supposed to have been.

How could they tell that? Stress fractures and such on the bones?

 

[Rolltide]

How could they tell that? Stress fractures and such on the bones?

If I recall correctly (and I’m going from memory), when the bodies of people crucified upside-down were removed by Romans, to save time they often simply cut the body off at the feet. The remains in the tomb were missing their feet due to a post-mortem amputation. I think the nails in the hands were also in a different location. (Of course, all that proves is that the man was crucified upside-down. It still doesn’t prove it was St. Peter, but it matches the story completely.)

 

[1holycatholic]

ewtn.com/library/MARY/PETEPAUL.htm
The Vatican Church, dedicated in honour of St. Peter, is the second patriarchal church at Rome, and in it reposes one half of the precious remains of the bodies of SS. Peter and Paul. The tombs of the great conquerors and lords of the world have been long since destroyed and forgotten; but those of the martyrs are glorious by the veneration which the faithful pay to their memory.

 

[coleraine]

Born and raised Catholic, converted to Mormonism and now considering a return to Catholicism.

I have been studying wildly and came across a Born Again Christian web site that claims that Peter was buried in Jerusalem not Rome as Catholics contend.

Can someone elaborate on the story and the significance of Peters burial location?

Thanks

C2M2C

My reply is exactly the same as the others, with the bones found and the grafiti. one thing i would like to say however is that many a time religous sites are out to mislead. its usually best to get info from a truly historical source.

 

[C2M2C]

Thanks all. What is the significance of where Peter is buried? The site I found was claiming how due to Peters’ remains being found in Jerusalem it was somehow a proof that Catholicism is not true.

Here’s the link, take a look and let me know.

Thanks

aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm

 

[redrosetea]

If I had a dollar for all the anti catholic hate sites on the net I would be rich

 

[Nickkname]

Thanks all. What is the significance of where Peter is buried? The site I found was claiming how due to Peters’ remains being found in Jerusalem it was somehow a proof that Catholicism is not true.

Here’s the link, take a look and let me know.

Thanks

aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm

The significance of Peter’s burial in Rome dose not prove that Catholicism is true, nor do his bones supposedly being in Jerusalen prove Catholicism is not true (the only way you can make that assertion is if you already believe that Catholicism is not true). The significent of Peter’s burial in Rome dose, however, prove that Peter was in Rome, and he was martyred in Rome. Lots of people, of course, will believe wild and crazy things which hold no historical evidence, simply because they don’t want to believe the opposite (even if they don’t think so), so don’t be surprised if you hear stupid arguments against the Church.

 

[SF3CHURCH]

Thanks all. What is the significance of where Peter is buried? The site I found was claiming how due to Peters’ remains being found in Jerusalem it was somehow a proof that Catholicism is not true.

Here’s the link, take a look and let me know.

Thanks

aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm

I suggest that rather than read an article by some anti-catholic pseudo-scientist, you should read something by an actual scholar that actually knows something:

uhl.ac/Lost_Tomb/ShimonBarzillai/

 

[reggieM]

Well, you should check out the Bones of St. Peter. It’s a book about the burial location of St. Peter. It presents very well-documented evidence of Saint Peter’s grave in Rome, buried with his son Mark, and his wife. However, relics are sometimes divided-- so it’s completely possible that his relics could be in both Rome and Jerusalem.

I agree with that recommendation. It’s a great book.

The level of certainty that St. Peter was buried in Rome is very high. The archeological evidence is supported by textual evidence. Any other place that makes the claim for his burial spot has almost no evidence supporting it – and importantly, there was never another place claimed for St. Peter’s burial in the centuries after his death. Historians are virtually unanimous in their support for Rome as the city of St. Peter’s burial spot. The faithful have honored that spot since the apostolic age.

 

[reggieM]

Thanks all. What is the significance of where Peter is buried? The site I found was claiming how due to Peters’ remains being found in Jerusalem it was somehow a proof that Catholicism is not true.

Here’s the link, take a look and let me know.

Thanks

aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm

I know some Protestants who claim that St. Peter never even visted Rome. They are so frightened by the power of the Catholic teaching about St. Peter that they have to deny that he was ever in Rome at all. They use sola Scriptura to say that the Bible doesn’t say that St. Peter was buried in Rome.

They deny the obvious implication of 1 Peter 5:13, where St. Peter states that he writes “from Babylon” as meaning that he was in Rome.

 

[savedsinner]

The testimony of the Early Church Fathers place Peter in Rome.
If he had been buried in Jerusalem, there would have been some mention of that fact and probably a church established there claiming to have his bones. They were funny that way back then.

 

[Todd_Easton]

Where Peter is buried is a good indication of where Peter last exercised his leadership over a local Church and over the worldwide Church. The man who succeeded Peter to the leadership of that local Church would have a strong claim on the leadership of the worldwide Church.

Traditionally, Peter is thought to have died in Rome after leading that Church for many years. The line of men who succeeded Peter as the leader of the Church of Rome, the bishops of Rome, have, from the earliest times, also been considered to be Peter’s successors to the leadership over the worldwide Church.