June 29, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome
Every June 29 Rome traditionally comes alive to celebrate the city’s patron saints! St. Peter’s Square fills up for the Pope’s solemn Mass, while parks and restaurants crowd with Romans and tourists who have come for the big day of city celebration. Peter and Paul are certainly the most beloved saints in the Christian tradition, […]
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The catacombs of Rome are ancient underground burial areas built by both the Jewish and the Christian communities in the suburbs of the city of Rome starting from the end of the second century. The catacombs of Rome are made up of a network of tunnels dug into the rock (mostly tuff), sometimes arranged on […]
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The Seven Churches Pilgrimage is a spiritual walk and pilgrim route practiced in Rome as far back as the Middle Ages (7th century), revived and formalized in 1552 by St. Philip Neri, still today a deeply felt tradition practiced by Christians and non-Christians alike. “Doing the tour of the Seven Churches” in Rome is both […]
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