“Where St. Peter’s now stands was once a chariot racing stadium, built in the time of the Emperor Caligula, Claudius and Nero (40-65). That was the first century of our era. Nero was the Emperor who began the first great persecution of Christians in Rome. Under his rule of terror, many Christians were imprisoned and put to death here in the newly completed stadium (“Circus” in Latin).
Among those first Christians to be rounded up by Nero’s soldiers was the leader of the Christian community in Rome, St. Peter the Apostle.” The abomination that was to follow was the power given by Emperor Justinian to the Bishop of Rome to persecute heretics, which they did in the thousands and this continued through its 1260 year reign till the time of Napoleon.
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The Pope figure here on the side of the building is of gigantic proportions
Consider all the work to get an original Egyptian oblique to Rome and put a Christian symbol on top
Dragon in the entrance – part of the Papal crest. Occult hand signal.
keys to heaven & hell with scallop representing the universe
The Pieta is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo, carved when he was 24.
Gold plated ceiling
Pope Gregory with family emblem & detailed account on vase of the calendar
Marble floor. Where other places have been stripped of their marble
Jupiter posing as Peter
The Throne of St Peter. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims the Apostle Saint Peter.
The wooden throne was a gift from Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875.
Cupids angels, scallop & Holy water, Papal crest on St Peter’s doors symbols of solar deity & 666