Word: anicetus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
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