Where is Saint Peter's dead body?

Answer 1

2000 years of Catholic history and tradition have consistenly asserted that Peter suffered martyrdom by crucifixion in Rome under orders from Emperor Nero and was buried on the location of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Not even the tomb of Tutankhamun has undergone the intensive study as the tomb of Peter. The tomb of Peter is located under the main altar of the Basilica.

Pope Francis, on Sunday, November 24, 2013, presented and exhibited the bones of Peter at Saint Peter's Basilica. For more information on Peter's time in Rome as well as information on his tomb.

Answer 2

2000 years of Catholic history and tradition have consistenly asserted that Peter suffered martyrdom by crucifixion in Rome under orders from Emperor Nero and was buried on the location of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Not even the tomb of Tutankhamun has undergone the intensive study as the tomb of Peter. The tomb of Peter is located under the main altar of the Basilica.

Pope Francis, on Sunday, November 24, 2013, presented and exhibited the bones of Peter at Saint Peter's Basilica. For more information on Peter's time in Rome as well as information on his tomb.

Peter is widely believed to have been either beheaded or crucified (upside down) in Rome. This tradition appears to have begun with the second-century Pope Anicetus, who wished to demonstrate that he spoke with the authority of Peter and said that Peter had been beheaded in Rome, and that he had even found the site of Peter's tomb. Although the location in Rome of Peter's tomb seems to have been entirely unknown for the previous hundred years, Anicetus placed a shrine over the very spot. St Peter's Basilica was constructed by the Emperor Constantine at the place of this shrine.

However, Clement of Rome, writing around 95 CE (1 Clement), spoke in general terms about the life and death of Peter but appears to have been unaware that he had even visited Rome just a few years earlier.

Wikipedia says, "The grave claimed by the Church to be that of St. Peter lies at the foot of the aedicula beneath the floor. The remains of four individuals and several farm animals were found in this grave. In 1953, after the initial archeological efforts had been completed, another set of bones were found that were said to have been removed without the archeologists' knowledge from a niche in the north side of a wall (the graffiti wall) that abuts the red wall on the right of the aedicula. Subsequent testing indicated that these were the bones of a 60-70 year old man. Margherita Guarducci argued that these were the remains of St. Peter and that they had been moved into a niche in the graffiti wall from the grave under the aedicula "at the time of Constantine, after the peace of the church" (313). Antonio Ferrua, the archaeologist who headed the excavation that uncovered what is known as the St. Peter's Tomb, said that he wasn't convinced that the bones that were found were those of St. Peter."

We do not really know how or where the apostle Simon Peter died.

For more information, please visit http://Christianity.answers.com/church-leadership/what-do-we-really-know-about-the-apostle-peter

Answer 3

Peter is widely believed to have been either beheaded or crucified (upside down) in Rome. This tradition appears to have begun with the second-century Pope Anicetus, who wished to demonstrate that he spoke with the authority of Peter and said that Peter had been beheaded in Rome, and that he had even found the site of Peter's tomb. Although the location in Rome of Peter's tomb seems to have been entirely unknown for the previous hundred years, Anicetus placed a shrine over the very spot. St Peter's Basilica was constructed by the Emperor Constantine at the place of this shrine.

However, Clement of Rome, writing around 95 CE (1 Clement), spoke in general terms about the life and death of Peter but appears to have been unaware that he had even visited Rome just a few years earlier.

Wikipedia says, "The grave claimed by the Church to be that of St. Peter lies at the foot of the aedicula beneath the floor. The remains of four individuals and several farm animals were found in this grave. In 1953, after the initial archeological efforts had been completed, another set of bones were found that were said to have been removed without the archeologists' knowledge from a niche in the north side of a wall (the graffiti wall) that abuts the red wall on the right of the aedicula. Subsequent testing indicated that these were the bones of a 60-70 year old man. Margherita Guarducci argued that these were the remains of St. Peter and that they had been moved into a niche in the graffiti wall from the grave under the aedicula "at the time of Constantine, after the peace of the church" (313). Antonio Ferrua, the archaeologist who headed the excavation that uncovered what is known as the St. Peter's Tomb, said that he wasn't convinced that the bones that were found were those of St. Peter."

We do not really know how or where the apostle Simon Peter died.

For more information, please visit http://christianity.answers.com/church-leadership/what-do-we-really-know-about-the-apostle-peter

Answer 4

The tomb of Saint Peter and his relics are located below the main altar of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.