Over the weekend, the Church celebrated the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. They were venerated all over the world, especially in Rome, where the buildings that hold significance in their lives include a prison. Hidden below the Church of St. Joseph of the Carpenters, among the ruins of Ancient Rome, lies the city's oldest maximum-security prison: the Mamertine prison. Accused of treason for refusing to ascribe absolute power and divinity to the Roman emperor Nero, tradition holds that this is the prison where Sts. Peter and Paul were held in captivity before their martyrdom. Despite the harsh conditions of their incarceration, Christian tradition recounts a miraculous event said to have occurred in the deepest level of the prison. EWTN Vatican Journalist Benjamin Crockett has more.
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