Word: anicetus
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...sloping corridor, the Clivus (meaning slope). The authors' theory is that, while laying this wall (called the Red Wall) in the area where St. Peter was known to have been buried, the builders found what was believed to be his grave, and the reigning Pope (probably Anicetus) ordered that a shrine be incorporated in the wall. No other theory, runs the argument, explains why the builders weakened the Red Wall by leaving a gap in its foundations wide enough for a grave, or why they cut two upper niches into its surface...
...since St. Polycarp of Smyrna came to see Pope Anicetus in the 2nd Century had Rome seen such a Mass. But more significant than the frequent bell-tinkling and strange, high, polyphonic chanting of the Armenian Rite were the Holy Father's words in a public speech next day: "In designating the eminent Patriarch of the Armenians to celebrate yesterday's Pontifical, we have desired to stress the solicitude and love which the occupants of Peter's chair have throughout the centuries shown Armenia and her people. . . . Be firm in your faith; do not allow yourselves...
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