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| The church of San Giovanni in Laterano
(Saint John's at the Lateran), site of the cathedral of Rome, and having
the rod of Aaron, fragments of the five loaves and two fishes, the heads
of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and the Uronica (an image of Christ painted
by Saint Luke). (195kb) |
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint
Mary Major) built on the site of a miraculous August snowfall. (220kb) |
The church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
(Holy Cross in Jerusalem) which has holy soil from Calvary, which you can
just see at the bottom of the picture. (318kb) |
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| The church of San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian),
a Christian soldier in the praetorian guard. He was sentenced to
death and shot by archers of his own company. He was nursed back to
health by the pious matron Irene, only to be resentenced and beaten to
death. (326kb) |
The entrance to the catacombs of Saint
Sebastian, where the remains of Saint
Peter and Saint Paul were once kept. (195kb) |
The bones of a saint inside the
catacombs. The vorpal bunny isn't scared of dead bodies, and I
think he bunny was looking for toe or knuckle bone he could nick and sell
as a relic. (177kb) |
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| The church of San Paolo Fuori Le Mura
(Saint Pauls Outside the Walls). Since Paul inherited Roman
citizenship from his father, he was beheaded rather than crucified, and
the church was built of the site of his grave memorial. (229kb) |
The church of San Lorenzo Fuori Le Mura
(Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls). Saint Lawrence was tortured and
martyred, allegedly being roasted on the gridiron there in the church. (311kb) |
The last church in the pilgrimage is the
church of San Pietro in Vaticano (Saint Peter's at the Vatican), where the pope hangs out
(since he moved there in 1378).
The vorpal wanted to go check out all the pretty things on the altar. (376kb) |
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The vorpal bunny is so slick! He
cuddled up to the pope and got him to read a passage in Latin from the
Gospel of John. (246kb) |
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