In a message dated 06/28/2000 6:17:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< * Peter (c. 64), apostle - Butler writes: "The passion of St Peter took
place in Rome during the reign of Nero (54-68), but no written account
of it, if there is such a thing, has survived. According to an old but
unverifiable tradition he was confined in the Mamertine prison, where
the church of San Pietro in Carcere now stands."
* Paul (c. 67), apostle - There is a tradition that he was beheaded on
the Ostian Way, at a place called Aquae Salviae, near where the basilica of
St Paul Outside the Walls stands today.
>>
I asked this last year but never got a response: how far back can we trace
the above legends of Peter and Paul? If I remember correctly, the earliest
mention of their passing, and it is very vague, is that of Clement's letter
to the Corinthians.
mark
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