Are the bones of St. Peter still under the basilica?
Wikipedia writes of St Peter’s Basilica, Rome:One of the holiest sites of Christendom in the Catholic tradition, it is traditionally the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, first Bishop of Antioch, and later first Bishop of Rome. Although the New Testament does not mention Peter’s presence or martyrdom in Rome, ancient tradition holds that his tomb is below the baldachino and altar; for this reason, many Popes, starting with the first ones, have been buried there. =============== Between 1939 and 1949 the archaeological team had uncovered a complex of mausoleums under the foundations of St. Peter’s Basilica, dating to the 2nd and 3rd centuries.[2] Most impressive was the small monument under the present altar of the church which they believed was built as early as AD 160 to mark the tomb of St. Peter below it. In 1942, the Administrator of St. Peter’s, Monsignor Ludwig Kaas, found remains in a second tomb in the monument. Being concerne
