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So then where would Paul and all the other Christians who died there in Rome have been buried? pagan cemeteries too? Vatican City (AsiaNews) – It is “absolutely certain” that the sarcophagus found in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome contains the remains of St Paul. At a press conference releasing the findings of excavation work conducted in the church since 2002, Giorgio Filippi, from the Vatican Museums, announced that Vatican archaeologists are certain that the tomb uncovered was that of the saint. Card Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the basilica, said that that it “was incontrovertible based on the historical tradition” that the basilica was built on top of the Apostle’s tomb. Source: Asia News, 11 Dec 2006

St. Paul was buried near where he was beheaded...outside of Rome.

Most of the early martyrs were buried in this fashion.

St. Paul was buried near where he was beheaded...outside of Rome.

But not in that pagan cemetery on top of Vatican Hill, right?

Well good. One would expect to find Paul's burial place there in Rome as he died there, and his burial place somewhere other than in a pagan cemetery where the likes of Simon Magus would be buried.

And it is a fact that neither Peter's tomb nor his bones have been found in Rome, under the basilica that bears his name, or anywhere there. Isn't that right?

And in fact Peter's bones are in an ossuary with others on the grounds of a Franciscan monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, right? and that is documented in a book called , "Gli Scavi del Dominus Flevit", printed in 1958 at the Tipografia del PP. Francescani, in Jerusalem. P. B. Bagatti and J. T. Milik, both Roman Catholic priests, wrote it, right?.

The excavation on the site of this monastery named Dominus Flevit uncovered ossuaries with the names of many, including "Simon Bar Jona", and Mary and Martha, and Lazarus, their brother, and other names of early Christians who would have wanted to be buried where Jesus would first set foot when he returns to Jerusalem.

Isn't it high time to "bone" up on the facts that the Vatican is even aware of?