The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-04
LAST RESTING-PLAcES OF THE
APOSTLES.

st. Peter Prince of the Apostles,
suffered martyrdom about thirty-four
years after Our Lords Ascension. His
remains were at first consigned to
the Catacombs, 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. Peters. st.
Paul also suffered martyrdom in Rome.
Being a Roman citizen, he was put to
death by the sword. His mortal re-
mains rest in st. Peters.
st. Andrew was crucified on the
Goth 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 were re-
moved with great solemnity from
Patras to Constantiople, and placed
in the Church of the Apostles. In
1910 through the instrumentality of
Cardinal PietrO, the Saints body was
taken to Italy and placed in the
Cathedral of Amalti.
st. James the Greater was be-
headed on the 25th of March A. D. IL,
in Jerusalem where he was buried.
Some time afterward his body was
taken to Spain and inferred at place
then called Tria Flavia, now known
as Ell Patron on the borders of Cali
cha. At the beginning of the ninth
century, in the reign of Alphonsus II,
surnamed the Chaste, the Saints re-
mains were discovered and removed
to Compostella, where they now rest
in the Cathedral.
st. James the Lesser, surnamed the
Just, was cast from the pinnacle of
the Temple at Jerusalem in the year
43 then stoned and beaten with a
club. He was first inferred where he
expired, but in the year 572 his holy
remains were removed to CONSTANT
nople.
st. John, the Beloved Disciple,
passed to his Master in Ephesus, at
the age of one hundred-or as some
say, ninety-six. A church was built
in his honor on hill near Ephesus,
in which his holy body reposes.
st. Thomas died at Kalmia in In
dia, (also called Thomastown, Molia-
poor, Malipur, etc.. He was buried in
a subterranean chapel. In 1923 John
III King of Portugal caused a search
to be made for his remains which
were discovered; piece of a lance
and phial of blood were also found
in his grave. These precious relics
were deposited in the Church at Edes.
So in Mesopotamia. st. Thomas is
called the Apostle of the Indies.
st. Philip when eighty-one years OF
age, was bound to a cross head down
ward and stoned to death in Hierop
oils, in Phrygia, in which city he was
buried by the Christians. Later his
body was taken to Rome, where a
church was built in 260 in honor OF
the two Apostles, st. James and St
Philip
st. Bartholomew, also called Nath
aniel was first flayed alive and then
beheaded. He suffered this cruel
Eartyrdom in Albanopolis, in Arme
MIA. In sos the relies of st. Barthol
omew were taken by order of the
Emperor Anastasius to Duras in
Mesopotamia; thence they were re
moved at the close of the fifth cen
fury to Lipari in Sicily. The invasion
of the Saracens in 500 caused the
Saints remains to be again removed;
they found a temporary resting
place in Benevento until 9S3, when
in the reign of the German Emperor
Otto II, they were transported tC
Rome where they now rest in {
church dedicated to st. Bartholomew
ST. Matthew received the crown Of
,martyrdom in Ethiopia. His remains
are venerated at Salermo in Italy
whittier they were carried in 954.
st. Simon was crucified by the pa
gan priests in Persia. He was in
tered by the Christians in Kertch
where a slab still marks his resting
place.
st. Judas Thaddeus was put tc
death by heather soldiery. The place
of his interment is unknown. On &C
count of Judas the arbitrator, this
Apostle is usually called st. Thad
deus.
st. Matthias, chosen to fill the place
of Judas Iscarriot was stoned anC
then beheaded by the Jews in the
year 81. The Empress Helena brought
his remains to Europe, Rome being
their first resting-place, but they nov
repose at Treves.
st. Mark was put to death at Alex
andria. He was dragged over rough
stones until he expired. His las
resting-place is in Venice.
st. Lukes martyrdom took place il
Patras when he was eighty-four years
of age: he was hanged from an olive
tree. His body was taken to Constan
tinople in SIS.
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