Well, Peter was crucified upside down and apparently missing his feet (a likely way of taking him down off the cross), an enemy of the state, and a nuisance in the chaos that was Nero's Rome.
Everyone, except for the Jews, and a few handsful of Christians was pagan. And the Jews were being expelled, and the Christians were being killed. How many Jewish (or Christian for that matter) places of burial do you think were lying around (so to speak)?
Besides, think of the magnificent metaphor. Peter, buried in the midst of the pagans he was sent to convert; St. Peter's, rising over their dead remains. Kind of a nice parallel to Jesus humbly born in the manger versus the splendour of Christ on His Throne in Revelation.
and you know that how???
How many Jewish (or Christian for that matter) places of burial do you think were lying around (so to speak)?
Quite a few since there had been a significant Jewish presence there ---
Besides, think of the magnificent metaphor. Peter, buried in the midst of the pagans he was sent to convert; St. Peter's, rising over their dead remains.
or the Basilica rising above the corpse of Simon Magus, buried beneath it in the midst of his pagan followers on a hill [Vatican] named for the soothsayers, fortune tellers, seers, and pagan prophets who peddled their wares there. It gives new meaning to a church built upon such a foundation.