tomb of the apostle in st peter's basilica is a senator and de grey. the whereabouts of st peter's bones is controversial and always ask. if the kind of but there is no valid historical evidence to support the theory that peter was ever in rome to our oldest source the late first century pistol if claimant only alludes generally to the fact that christianity has two leaders met their deaths in significant places and gives no further details. in fifteen forty five martin luther wrote i am content to be able to say since i have seen it and heard it at rome that it is unknown where in the city the bodies of st peter and paul are located or even whether. they are there at all. even the pope and the cardinals know very well that they do not know. in one nine hundred forty pope pius the twelfth authorized the search for the bones of the apostle peter beneath the