Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Clementine Chapel also known as La Clementina is a particular enclosed Roman Catholic chapel located within the underground necropolitan grottoes of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. According to Catholic tradition, reinforced by the Vatican's interpretation of archaeological investigations in the 20th century, the area is the actual site where Saint Peter the Apostle was invertedly crucified and his blood was shed to the ground, and Saint Peter's tomb was nearby. Open today for its pilgrims, the site is encased in the gilded altar decorated with lapis lazuli is the original pavonazzo marble chest which contained the bones believed to be Saint Peter. The chest no longer contains the bones of Saint Peter, but it is still considered by Catholic pilgrims to be the holiest part of the archeological basilica, formally excavated in the 1930s under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.. }
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- Clementine_Chapel abstract "The Clementine Chapel also known as La Clementina is a particular enclosed Roman Catholic chapel located within the underground necropolitan grottoes of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. According to Catholic tradition, reinforced by the Vatican's interpretation of archaeological investigations in the 20th century, the area is the actual site where Saint Peter the Apostle was invertedly crucified and his blood was shed to the ground, and Saint Peter's tomb was nearby. Open today for its pilgrims, the site is encased in the gilded altar decorated with lapis lazuli is the original pavonazzo marble chest which contained the bones believed to be Saint Peter. The chest no longer contains the bones of Saint Peter, but it is still considered by Catholic pilgrims to be the holiest part of the archeological basilica, formally excavated in the 1930s under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.".