who is it? it may be a case of mistaken identity. there was another martyr called st. peter who died in around 304. so, it may well be a relic of st. peter, just not st. peter the apostle. that would certainly fit with the date. however, this doesn t get us any closer to resolving the great mystery whether st. peter was in rome. or what the status of the vatican. exactly. for that we need to go and sample the material. but with no access to the bones found beneath the vatican, it s impossible to say definitively if peter really came to rome. for many, it remains a historical mystery. it s not impossible that peter did make the journey to rome, but there is not enough
so, it s not st. peter, george who is it? it may be a case of mistaken identity. there was another martyr called st. peter who died in around 304. so, it may well be a relic of st. peter, just not st. peter the apostle. that would certainly fit with the date. however, this doesn t get us any closer to resolving the great mystery whether st. peter was in rome. or what the status of the vatican. exactly. for that we need to go and sample the material. but with no access to the bones found beneath the vatican, it s impossible to say definitively if peter really came to rome. for many, it remains a historical mystery. it s not impossible that peter did make the journey to rome, but there is not enough early evidence to suggest that he did.