A result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. The Apostle Peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. It marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. Some one and a half centuries later a Magnificent Basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. Peters basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. In the catacombs deep below the church is an Ancient Roman graves a veritable City Of The Dead in which according to legend jesus is first Apostle Simon peter was buried. Peanuts
a dope up oto one of romes Grand Squares in middle the. Ages it was believed to be haunted by demons and evil spirits because it harbored the remains of the most barbarous man who ever walked the earth nero. In the twelfth century anyone entering the eternal city from the via flat mean yeah would have ca
Aims and sluicing the twenty sixteen election. And the dozen friends sound like iraq and berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour see that. Letter we were. When we were. Eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen up. Double. Binds. Nero murderer and despot a madman on the imperial throne. Whose name is inextricably linked with one of the biggest disasters of the ancient world The Great Fire over a. Hero set rome a light to make room for his own building plans in takes the blame for the fire on the christians ordering the torture and execution of thousands. But scholars today question the legend of nero as the arsonist of rome and down to the initiator of policy of persecution against the christians. To date there is no archaeological evidence to support the theory that the Apostle Peter was ever in rome but there are mounting indications tha
To the emperor by later writers. Nero an eccentric ruler who wanted to be an artist and preferred to live in a world of fantasy. But neither an arsonist nor persecutor of christians. Was. Its july nineteenth in the years sixty four it hasnt rained for days. Rome is
days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. According to legend the Apostle Peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the citys fledgling Christian Community. Later he would go down in the annals of the Catholic Church is the first Bishop Of Rome. With. Another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and thats not all. The Mad Megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. In need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
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hitting moscow a very brazen attack. the kind of attack that ukraine rarely claims responsibility, but they are very clearly today after almost a week of these very intense strikes on odesa. particularly mhere in the historic city center. we are inside the transfiguration cathedral. church officials have asked us to put these helmets on because they are doing a lot of work around here. there is a lot of debris, but i want to show you around. this is the corner that was most damaged of the church. you can see that the ceiling has been completely opened up. this is where we believe the missile or the rocket came in, completely destroying this corner. it is amazing to see this much daylight in here. just speaks to the fact that this part of the church no longer has any roofing. my cameraman is showing you the dome up there. the gorgeous dome of this cathedral, all of those windows have been blown out. the frescos have come down. just moment ago, a huge section of this ceiling came crashin
that they would retaliate, and now there is an overnight drone strike from moscow that has done less damage than the last few days, and we are inside of the cathedral, and we are asked to put on the helmets from the debris falling from the roof. i wanted to show you the corner of the roof, and this is the most destruction, and where we are told that the missile or the rocket came plunging from the roof two stories and the daylight coming from the roof and brightening up the dark cathedral and over here is the altar and the pillars are off to the side, and the altar is leaning over, and really standing upright, because it is up against the wall, and farther up is the beautiful dome of this cathedral and all of the windows have been blown out. below the frescos have been knocked down, and we have seen large sections of the roof also