Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-02
THE ToM8 orTaE APOSTLES.
. ne spot i'm which tho pope Goes Down
at the Close otDay % Pray.

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ter and Paul, brought windy p my m.l.
the words OF sturdy old Samuel johnson
"Far from me he s.eb rrir-t raTosarly
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dom, bravery. and virtue. i-aL i-.'A .7
little TO be enViad whose patriotism YOU'D
not gsiu force uuoD. tie plain d., - grata ou,
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1Ttieg eqlrel sail rot 90 Rho sf.y.miuC-
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80 il, I-ot5 ~ 80 Rome. M a week. or
~ tns- o1i3 ..~,.i, ~ 2 54 bieat who have no
dlficuIfv m believing that tbe aston and
pnIluv vsi-h r5. bronze horses GA the QUi-
rinal 3re me work - PraNiteles: bat wtO
will cas+ aside "a. unworthy of serious
consi1erstiar the unanimous and unbro-
Ron testimony of all ages. from that OF st.
Iranasrs--A n. f~7-relative 10 the i'm
nri.0Dmprt. The trial. the martyrdOm, aud
bu-ial here IN Rome OF the two great
Apostles. have no such doubts to chill
nv fsitb. although l have done my best
% STUDY well the history Of Christian
Rome: and am in no haste 10 get through
nv pilgrimage TO ROme's holy places and
my studies OF their monuments and MEM
cries.
The other day 1 met with the journal OF
an English tourist IN -talr-minded
enough on the whole, but who secuted
the whole tradition respecting he Apes
ties, because Their bodies are sand ITO re-
pose both in ST. Paufs outside the walls,
ard in the crypt 10 -. Peter 5. ANY we'll
informed person could nave told tuis flip
pant writer that the caTeuliy-pres
traditions OF t.e Roman Church say that
St. Peter was urst buried on the > dnlcu-
Jun, near The scene of his cructiNXior ana
that st. Paul was buried on the OstIan
OF H.tr 4l4 rec C,f IN q e. q
where now arises the magnificent church
called after him.
1t. Gregory the Great tells us tlat t1eY
were taken from their resting place and
buried together IN the CatacOmbs OF IT.
Sebastian. This Is entirely no accordance
with whet the most ancient Roman Cal
endar. published by BuCherius, states,
namely, that their solemn festival was
held a these catacOmbs on June ~ OF
each year, the day OF their marjyrdOm,
according TO EuseDlus, the most ancient
church historian.
After Constantlne's edlct or freedom OF
conscience, the remains OF st. Paul were
brought back TO their former burial place
on the Ostian way, and those of st. Peter
were buried on the Vatican hill, on that
part Of the Circus Of Nero, where he had
so cruelty tortured and put death many
Christians, as Iacitus mentions. This
spot, on which so much Christian blood
moved the Jueatre OF so much suPeIha u
raj Derolsn, was the htlest place ID "hlch
the TWO men VINO had WllhsJo0d the ~
rant, and upDfalded MN 10 MS lace WIN
Dis cruelty ana INDUSTRIOUS wees, should
forever repose together till the hesurrec-
ton dawn.
In after years, one-halt the BODY OF st.
Peter was taken t. St. PauPs, and buried
by the side OF his glorious companion; and
one-hali the body ~ 81. Paul was taken
from his tomb and buried In the atlcan
by the side OF St. Peter. The heads OF
both Apostles are in st. Johns Lateran,
the Cathedral Of Rome, and the church
trst in dignity Of the Catholic world.
The spot beneath the dome ofot. Peters
where the relics OF the martyr Apostles
repose in death has been for more than
eighteen centuries the centre and the
heart OF the CHRISTIAN word. Formerly,
anu before Iue erection Oh Ine present SUD
lime chufch edlhce, the only entrance TO
the crypt, with us "grottoesY or cata-
COMBS: was from the moor abOFei ana
tnfough the stairway around Whlch lAe
20 lamps burn night ana day. since the
construction OF the dome OF Mlchael An
geio the ordinary way TO the crypt, with
the tomb or confession OF the Apostles,
Is through circular staircase made IN
one OF tue great pillars OF the d0me.the en-
trance beng under the colossal statue OF
1T. y eTOUIga.