Society & Culture
Saint Peter’s Basilica is one of the premier sites of Christianity. It’s said to mark the location where Simon Peter—one of Jesus’s most important followers—was killed and buried. It is now the heart of the Roman Catholic Church. But is the story true? Is Peter really buried here? What would have brought a small-time Galilean fisherman all the way here, to the capital of the Roman Empire? We’ll find out in the next few minutes!