"The Stones Speak and Say that Peter Is Here"

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The archaeologist: After centuries of reverential fear that had prevented digging under the floor of the ancient Basilica, it was Pius XII and then Paul VI who had the courage to undertake scientific missions in search of the remains of the first Pope.First Pius XII and then Paul VI, aware that under the pontifical altar lay mortal graves and remains of the first of their predecessors, the Apostle Peter, had them searched by the archaeologists i…