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I think the most interesting part of this discovery might be the DNA results from the bones of Callixtus. Might tell us if he was of Jewish ancestry.
Bones of Peter, Callixtus and Two Other Popes
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Bones of Peter, Callixtus and Two Other Popes
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Re: Bones of Peter, Callixtus and Two Other Popes
"The bones under the Vatican were first found in the early 1940s in a small niche in an underground monument and published in the popular press in Life magazine in 1950."
Interesting how these stories keep being recycled, things found in the 40s and 50s can in some sense be "found again," etc.
There's a book, appropriately titled "The Bones of St. Peter," that I read a long time ago, which attempted to argue for the identity of the bones.
Interesting how these stories keep being recycled, things found in the 40s and 50s can in some sense be "found again," etc.
There's a book, appropriately titled "The Bones of St. Peter," that I read a long time ago, which attempted to argue for the identity of the bones.
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