Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle ... St. Peter” in the Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Although at first the tomb ...

Researchers recently reopened the tomb of a centuries-old ... or Counter-Reformation, St. Teresa co-founded the Discalced Carmelites with Saint John of the Cross in 1562. Known today through ...

St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel. He was one of Jesus’ closest disciples ...

the sarcophagus of St Paul is on public view. The original inscription on the top reads: Paulo Apostolo Mart - Latin for "Paul Apostle Martyr". The holes through which the ancient pilgrims would have ...