tomb of the apostle in st peter's basilica is a senator and m. de grey. the whereabouts of st peter's bones is controversial and always has been. kind of a but there is no valid historical evidence to support the theory that peter was ever any relic our oldest source the late first century pistol of claimant only alludes generally to the fact that christianity is 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