[Hebrews 11:6]

PAUL IN PRISON



IN ROME

LETTER to the ROMANS

CHAPTER 1

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Thanks.

[Red Badger]

From WIKI:

Remains

According to further legend, Paul’s body was buried outside the walls of Rome, at the second mile on the Via Ostiensis, on the estate owned by a Christian woman named Lucina. It was here, in the fourth century, that the Emperor Constantine the Great built a first church. Then, between the fourth and fifth centuries, it was considerably enlarged by the Emperors Valentinian I, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, and Arcadius. The present-day Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls was built there in the early 19th century.[104]

Caius in his Disputation Against Proclus (198 AD) mentions this of the places in which the remains of the apostles Peter and Paul were deposited: “I can point out the trophies of the apostles. For if you are willing to go to the Vatican or to the Ostian Way, you will find the trophies of those who founded this Church”.[107]

Jerome in his De Viris Illustribus (392 AD) writing on Paul’s biography, mentions that “Paul was buried in the Ostian Way at Rome”.[108]

In 2002, an 8-foot (2.4 m)-long marble sarcophagus, inscribed with the words “PAULO APOSTOLO MART” (”Paul apostle martyr”) was discovered during excavations around the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on the Via Ostiensis. Vatican archaeologists declared this to be the tomb of Paul the Apostle in 2005.[109] In June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI announced excavation results concerning the tomb. The sarcophagus was not opened but was examined by means of a probe, which revealed pieces of incense, purple and blue linen, and small bone fragments. The bone was radiocarbon-dated to the 1st or 2nd century. According to the Vatican, these findings support the conclusion that the tomb is Paul’s.[110][111]

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Splendid stained glass window at #19! Batoni, #20, was a prolific and successful portraitist and painter of religious subjects. He was described as “Italy’s last Old Master”.
Love #28 by Valentin de Boulogne. This painting was also attributed to Nicolas Tournier.
#33, by Johnson. The Roman soldier is intently listening to Paul’s words and smiling. Secret convert?