A Historical Tour of St. Peter's Basilica

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This video explores some of the ancient and early Christian artifacts hiding in plain sight in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 The Tomb of Peter
2:28 Old St. Peter's Basilica
3:31 Construction of the new Basilica
4:59 The Vatican Obelisk
7:27 The Atrium
8:08 Porphyry Disk
9:27 Baptismal Font
10:52 Presentation Chapel
11:44 Baldacchino
12:21 Confessio
13:17 Columns of the Loggias
14:28 Chair of Peter
15:38 Tombs of Maria and Honorius

(Apologies, by the way, for mispronouncing "Baldacchino." As several commenters have pointed out, it should have a hard "c.")

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