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Roman Catholic AnswerSt. Peter's Basilica is the Basilica that is built over the tomb of our first Pope, St. Peter, whom Our Blessed Lord appointed as His first Vicar, and on whom he said he would build His Church: see St. Matthew 16:17-19.
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