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Picture of St. Peter's chains inside the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Rome

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Rome Picture: St. Peters in Chains (San Pietro in Vincoli) Church in Rome, the chains of St. Peter

Picture © 2006 by James Martin, Europe for Visitors
San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a small basilica in Rome, founded in the 5th century to house the reported chains that bound St. Peter in Jeruselem. Even more famous than the chains of Saint Peter is Michelangelo's statue Moses, part of the Tomb of Pope Julius II.

For more on St. Peter's chains, and San Pietro in Vincoli, see San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains), Rome.

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