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Daniel_Cheung
07-01-2009, 05:59 AM
Pope says bone fragments found in St Paul's tomb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090628/sc_nm/us_italy_saint_bone

Pope Benedict announced on Sunday that fragments of bone from the first or second century had been found in a tomb in the Basilica of St Paul in Rome, which he said confirmed the belief that it housed the apostle's remains.

"This seems to confirm the unanimous and undisputed tradition that these are the mortal remains on the Apostle Paul," the pontiff said at St Paul's-Outside-the-Walls, on the eve of the Feasts of St Peter and St Paul celebrated on Monday....


Pope: Scientific analysis done on St. Paul's bones
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10608434

Pope Benedict says the first-ever scientific tests on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul "seem to conclude" that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint.

Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome. For nearly 2,000 years, it's been believed to be his final resting place....