The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-08
LAST RESTING PLACE
or The APOSTLES
WHERE THE REMAINS OF THE
APOSTLES ARE NOW ENToMB-
ED.

WF1EnE TIE hEMAlNS Or HE
APOSTLES ARE NOW ENToMB.
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st. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
suffered martyrdom about thirty-four
years after Our Lords Ascension
says "The Ave Maria" His remains
were at first consigned to the Gaia.
combs, at the foot of the Janiculum
or Vatican Hill, crowned today by the
Palace of the Vatican. The body OF
the Saint now rests, as everyone
knows, in ST. Peter's.sG st. Paul also
suffered martyrdom in Rome Being
a Roman citizen, he was put to death
by the sword. His mortal remains
rest in st. Peters.
st. Andrew was crucified on the
S0th of November, sixty-two years
after the birth of Our Lord, IN the
Greek city of Patras In the year 357
during the reign of the Emperor Con
stantine, the martyrs relics we're re
moved with great solemnity from Pa
tras to Constantinople, and placed il
the Church of the Apostles. In 1910
through the instrumentality of Car
dinal Pietro, the Saints body was tax
en- to Italy and placed in the Cathedra
at Amalfi
st. James the Greater was beheadet
Jon the 25th of March, A. d. II, in Jeru
salem, where he was buried. Som,
time afterward his body was taken tt
Spain and inferred at place thel
called Tria Flavia, now known as E
Padron, on the borders of Galicia. A
the beginning of the ninth century, il
the reign of Alphonsus H., Surnamet
the Chaste, the Saints remains were
discovered and removed to Compostel
( Ia, where they now rest in the Cattle
dral.
= st. James the Lesser, surnamed tn,
just, was cast from the pinnacle of thu
Temple at Jerusalem in the year 43
then stoned and beaten with a club
He was first inferred where he expir
ed, but in the year 572 his holy re
mains were removed to Constantine
pie.
st. John, the Beloved Disciple
passed to his Master in Ephesus, a
the age of one hundred-or, as SOM
say, ninety-six. A church was built il
his honor on hill near Ephesus, il
which his holy body reposes.
st. Thomas died at Kalmia, in Indii
(also called Thomastown, Moliapoo1
Malipur, etc.. He was buried in
subterranean chapel. In 1923 Johl
III, King of Portugal, caused a searcl
to be made for his remains, whicl
were discovered; a piece of a lane
and phial of blood were also fount
in his grave. These precious relic
were deposited in the church at Edes
sa in Mesopotamia. st. Thomas i
called the Apostle of the Indies.
st. Philip, when eighty-one years o
age, was bound to cross, head down
ward, and stoned to death in HieroI
oils, in Phrygia, in which city he wa
buried by the Christians. Later hi
body was taken to Rome, where ;
church was built in 260 in Honor d
the two Apostles, st. James and st
Philip. -
st. Bartholomew, also called Ma
thaniel was first fayed alive, ant
then beheaded. He suffered this crue
martyrdom in Albanopolis, in Al
menia. In sos the relics of st. Ban
tholomew we're taken, by order of tn
Emperor Anastasius, to Duras, in Mes
opotamia; thence they were, removed
at the close of the fifth century t
Lipari in Sicily. The invasion of tn
Saracens in 500 caused the Saints re
mains to be again removed; they fount
a temporary resting-place in BeneVen
to until 983, when, in the reign of TIT
German Emperor, Otto H., they wer'
transported to Rome, where they nov
rest in church dedicated to ST. Bar
tholomew.
st. Matthew received the crown 0
martyrdom in Ethiopia His remains
are venerated at Salerno, in Italy
whittier they were carried in 954.
st. Simon was crucified by the pagan
priests in Persia. He was inferred b,
the Christians in Kertch, where ;
slab still marks his resting-place.
st. Judas Thaddeus was put to dealt
by heather soldiery. The place of hi
,interment is unknown. On account o
Judas, the arbitrator, this Apostle i
usually called st. Thaddeus.
st. Matthias, chosen to fill the plac
of Judas Iscariot, was stoned and thel
beheaded by the Jews in the year 81
The Empress Helena brought his re
mains to Europe, Rome being thei
first resting-place, but they now re
pose at Treves.
st. Mark was put to death at Alex
andria. He was dragged over rougl
stones until he expired. His last rest
ing-place is in Venice.
st. Luke's martyrdom took place il
Patras, when he was eighty-four year
of age; he was hanged from an olive
tree. His body was taken to Constan
tinople in 375.
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