The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search

by John O'Neill

Other authorsKatie Clark (Author), Sarah Wynne (Author)
Paperback, 2018

Barcode

6522

Call number

270.82 O'NE

Status

Available

Call number

270.82 O'NE

Pages

205

Description

"In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades -- a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter -- a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church -- was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime. The incredible sometimes shocking, story of the seventy-five-year search and its key players has never been fully told -- until now. The quest would pit one of the twentieth century's most talented archaeologists -- a woman -- against top Vatican insiders. The Fisherman's Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds,"--page [4] of cover.… (more)

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"From earliest times, a Christian tradition held that Peter--a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church--was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. The incredible, sometimes shocking, story of the seventy-five-year search and its key players has never been fully told--until now. The quest would pit one of the twentieth century's most talented archaeologists--a woman--against top Vatican insiders. The Fisherman's Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds."

Publication

Our Sunday Visitor (2018), 205 pages

ISBN

1681921405 / 9781681921402

Rating

½ (9 ratings; 3.5)

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