Why are so many apostles buried in Italy?

Italy is the final resting place of many of the Apostles and the Evangelists: some were martyred in Rome, while others were brought to Italy centuries after their deaths. Several of these holy bodies found their way to Italy by less-than-holy means, usually by theft.



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