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Happy 400th Birthday St. Peter’s: Secrets of the World's Grandest Church | Ancient Origins

from The Ancient Origins News Desk · host Jonathon Perrin

St. Peter's Basilica turns 400 in 2026. Beneath its marble floors lie Nero's circus, a fisherman's lost grave, a pope's beloved pet elephant — and bones that may belong to Saint Peter himself.

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