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Article: Pope says analysis confirms age of bones thought to be St. Paul's.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 29, 2009
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The Associated Press
ROME
The first-ever scientific tests on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul "seems to confirm" that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.
Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, which for close to 2,000 years has been believed by the faithful to be the tomb of St. Paul.
Benedict said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments ...