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Rome Catacomb Reveals "Oldest" Image of St Paul
Reuters ^ | 6/28/09

Posted on 06/28/2009 4:20:19 PM PDT by marshmallow

ROME (Reuters) – Vatican archaeologists using laser technology have discovered what they believe is the oldest image in existence of St Paul the Apostle, dating from the late 4th century, on the walls of catacomb beneath Rome.

Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, revealing the find on Sunday, published a picture of a frescoed image of the face of a man with a pointed black beard on a red background, inside a bright yellow halo. The high forehead is furrowed.

Experts of the Ponitifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology made the discovery on June 19 in the Catacomb of Santa Tecla in Rome and describe it as the "oldest icon in history dedicated to the cult of the Apostle," according to the Vatican newspaper.

The discovery, which involved removing layers of clay and limestone using lasers, was announced a day before Rome observes a religious holiday for the Feasts of St Peter and St Paul.

Peter and Paul are revered by Christians as the greatest early missionaries. Converting on the road to Damascus following a blinding vision of Jesus, Paul took the Gospel to pagan Greeks and Romans and met his martyrdom in Rome in about 65 AD.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; History
KEYWORDS: ancientrome; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; stpaul; vatican
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1 posted on 06/28/2009 4:20:19 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
the forgot the L'. It's L'Osservatore Romano.

But that's OK. I am generally sceptical of anything that begins with "L'".

2 posted on 06/28/2009 4:22:40 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand
and I forgot the "y," as in they.
3 posted on 06/28/2009 4:23:09 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: marshmallow

This thread is useless without pictures. (Not your fault, I understand.)

It’s maddening to me though to read a story that speaks of something visual such as this, and doesn’t include a photograph. I’m sure there’s some good reason for it- but it still makes me pull my hair out.


4 posted on 06/28/2009 4:23:45 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley
but it still makes me pull my hair out.

Picture please?

5 posted on 06/28/2009 4:25:05 PM PDT by ninonitti
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To: ninonitti

I gotta read any article that involves roman or Paris catacombs.


6 posted on 06/28/2009 4:29:31 PM PDT by omega4179 (Not my Communist in Chief.)
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To: marshmallow

And other other fronts:

Pope: Scientific analysis done on St. Paul’s bones

By NICOLE WINFIELD
The Associated Press
Sunday, June 28, 2009; 5:30 PM

ROME — The first-ever scientific tests on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul “seem to conclude” that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.

Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls in Rome, which for some 2,000 years has been believed by the faithful to be the tomb of St. Paul.

Benedict said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century.

“This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul,” Benedict said, announcing the findings at a service in the basilica to mark the end of the Vatican’s Paoline year, in honor of the apostle.


7 posted on 06/28/2009 4:29:49 PM PDT by angkor
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To: angkor

Seems to confirm that someone was buried there before 200 AD...


8 posted on 06/28/2009 4:31:37 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: ninonitti

Pulling hair out is something you can see anytime. Ancient images of St Paul found in catacombs are different.

If I were feeling a bit better, I’d oblige you, though. :-)


9 posted on 06/28/2009 4:33:13 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: marshmallow

Pope: Scientific analysis done on St. Paul’s bones
The Detroit News Online | Jun 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Nicole Winfield
Posted on 06/28/2009 4:07:41 PM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2281369/posts

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St Paul’s tomb ‘may be opened’
Italy Mag | 27 June 2009 | Italy
Posted on 06/27/2009 4:34:40 PM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2280921/posts

Oldest Icon of St. Paul Discovered
Posted on 06/28/2009 11:54:12 AM PDT by Mighty_Quinn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2281263/posts

Rome Catacomb Reveals “Oldest” Image Of St Paul
Reuters | June 28, 2009
Posted on 06/28/2009 3:06:32 PM PDT by Steelfish
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2281342/posts


10 posted on 06/28/2009 4:33:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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11 posted on 06/28/2009 4:33:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: marshmallow
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12 posted on 06/28/2009 4:38:41 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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13 posted on 06/28/2009 4:40:53 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: STARWISE

If you ever want to read a great novel about St. Paul, read Taylor Caldwell’s Great Lion of God.


14 posted on 06/28/2009 4:44:19 PM PDT by arbee4bush (Palin!!!!)
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To: ninonitti
Solved my own problem.


15 posted on 06/28/2009 4:50:56 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley

I was frustrated, too.

That is really cool.


16 posted on 06/28/2009 4:57:25 PM PDT by rightthinkingwoman
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To: rightthinkingwoman

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00580/33_2_580888a.jpg

Can be seen here - sorry I do not know how to copy and paste to this.


17 posted on 06/28/2009 5:09:21 PM PDT by BubbaGOP
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18 posted on 06/28/2009 5:10:45 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: All; SevenofNine

source

19 posted on 06/28/2009 5:14:26 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: arbee4bush
If you ever want to read a great novel about St. Paul, read Taylor Caldwell’s Great Lion of God.

I haven't read that one. 'Beloved Physician' by Taylor Caldwell was an excellent novel about St. Luke.

20 posted on 06/28/2009 5:14:55 PM PDT by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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