St Peter and St Paul Basilica Walking Tour


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  • St Peter and St Paul Basilica Walking Tour

Rome, Italy

Trip Type:   Christian Tours
Duration:  3 hours
A 3 hour tour of the principal places of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome.

We begin by journeying to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - one of the most beautiful and least visited Basilicas in Rome built over the burial site and body of Saint Paul following his execution under Nero.

We then return to the center to the church of Saint Peter in Chains containing chains that once bound St Peter. In addition this church also bears the masterful statue of Moses by Michelangelo.

We then enter the ancient roman Mamertine prison which held Peter and Paul. Experience the moments before the certain death of two men and their journeys. Finally we finish at the church built over the site where Paul was put under house arrest. Learn why Paul was brought Rome to sit trial before Caesar and why the Apostle of the Gentiles held the privilege of being a Roman Citizen.

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A 3 hour tour of the principal places of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome.

We begin by journeying to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - one of the most beautiful and least visited Basilicas in Rome built over the burial site and body of Saint Paul following his execution under Nero.

We then return to the center to the church of Saint Peter in Chains containing chains that once bound St Peter. In addition this church also bears the masterful statue of Moses by Michelangelo.

We then enter the ancient roman Mamertine prison which held Peter and Paul. Experience the moments before the certain death of two men and their journeys. Finally we finish at the church built over the site where Paul was put under house arrest. Learn why Paul was brought Rome to sit trial before Caesar and why the Apostle of the Gentiles held the privilege of being a Roman Citizen.Peter and Paul are two of the most influential followers of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They both would suffer their death in what was then the Capital of the World, Rome. On our 3 hour tour we will visit some of the places where they planted the seeds of evangelization.

The tour begins by taking a short train out to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - one of the most beautiful and least visited Basilicas in Rome. Only 15 minutes from the center of Rome it is built over the burial site and body of Saint Paul following his execution in the reign of the roman emperor Nero.

We then return to the center to visit the church of Saint Peter in Chains containing chains that once bound St Peter, brought to Rome by the Christian Empress Eudoxia. Beyond seeing the Chains which once bound Peter in prison in Jerusalem before his miraculous liberation the church also bears the masterful statue of Moses by Michelangelo.

Then hold your breath as we descend beneath a church into the ancient roman Mamertine prison which held most notaries enemies of the roman state, Peter and Paul. Experience the moments before the certain death of two men who went from denying and persecuting Christ to dying for Him Finally we finish at the church built over the site where Paul was put under house arrest. Learn why Paul was brought Rome to sit trial before Caesar and why the Apostle of the Gentiles held the privilege of being a Roman Citizen.




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