The fisherman's tomb
Subtitle: the true story of the Vatican's secret search
By: John O'Neill, with Sarah Wynne and Katie Clark
Contributors: Wynne, Sarah, author; Clark, Katie, 1977- author
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781681921402
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Catholic Church; Apostles; Christian antiquities; Archaeologists; Tomb; Tombs; Antiquities; History
Description: "In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave.  This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades -- a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the apostle Peter.  From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter -- a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church -- was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill.  But his tomb had been lost to history.  Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime.  The incredible sometimes shocking, story of the seventy-five-year search and its key players has never been fully told -- until now.  The quest would pit one of the twentieth century's most talented archaeologists -- a woman -- against top Vatican insiders.  The Fisherman's Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204).
Table of contents: title: The visit; title: George Strake; title: Peter; title: The great fire of Rome; title: Vatican Hill; title: Pius's gamble; title: Pope Pius XII and his team; title: The clues in the Vatican Library; title: Into the City of the Dead; title: Inside the tomb; title: The three amigos; title: The war; title: The flood and the curse; title: Margherita Guarducci; title: The inscriptions speak; title: The bones speak; title: Ferrua's revenge; title: The necropolis uncovered; title: Guarducci alone: a new beginning; title: Return of the apostle; title: The great persecution and Helena.