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Show MARTYRDOM OF ST. PETER. The discussion between Roman archaeologists as to the actual sile of the scene of the martyrdom o.' the i Prince of the Anostles is rt',ll in h tapis. Many .ara for the generU'y received tradition that St. Pner w.'ih crucified on the Janiculum, on the pVt now covered by the small iemp! "and marked by a commeniorativ- ' i',pv Others maintain that th cete ' of martyrdom was actually the gardens I of the - tyrant Nero, under ' whom hi- I suffered, and which covered ihe -to I now occupied by the Vatican. The -i-.-cussion misht not. have cc-.e bevoi-d ' the. archaelogical circle, -but 'bcr't I -parties have referred the" doubt to H s Holiness, it seems worthy of p i t:on |