Ex-priest Lavallo told me personally that there is another tomb of St. "When Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of Mary to be an article of faith in 1950, the Catholic Church in Jerusalem then quickly sold the tomb of Mary to the Armenian Church. And yet, even that is unmistakably recorded in the three words in Aramaic of the ossuary, Simon Bar Jona…. But this cave or burial place where the ossuaries were found and which was created and brought about through the natural and disinterested sequence of events, without any reason to change facts or circumstances, was a greater testimony than if there were a witness recorded, stating that Peter was buried there. These ossuaries would then be placed in a cave as in the case of this Christian burial ground and thus making room for others. The bones would be placed in a small ossuary with the name of the person carefully written on the outside front. "The story of the cave and the ossuaries and the regular cemetery just outside of the Convent site is this: It was a Roman custom that, when a person had died and after about ten years when the body had decomposed, the grave would be opened. They were found in an ossuary, on the outside of which was clearly and beautifully written in Aramaic, 'Simon Bar Jona.' … Of greatest interest, however, was that which was found within twelve feet from the place where the remains of Mary, Martha and Lazarus were found-the remains of St. Other names of early Christians were found on other boxes. The names of Mary and Martha were found on one box and right next to it was one with the name of Lazarus, their brother. Peter) were found in Jerusalem on the Franciscan monastery site called Dominus Flevit (where Jesus was supposed to have wept over Jerusalem) on the Mount of Olives … where the names of Christian Biblical characters were found on the ossuaries (bone boxes). "In Jerusalem I spoke to many Franciscan priests who all said, finally, though reluctantly, that the bones of Simon Bar Jona (St. I consequently determined to go to Jerusalem to see for myself, if possible, that which appeared to be almost unbelievable, especially since it came from priests who naturally, because of the existing tradition that Peter was buried in Rome, would be the last ones to welcome such a discovery or to bring it to the attention of the world.
The story of the discovery was there, but it seemed to be purposely hidden for much was lacking. It is called Gli Scavi del Dominus Flevit printed in 1958 at the Tipografia del PP. After talking to many priests and investigating various sources of information, I finally was greatly rewarded by learning where I could buy the only known book on the subject, which was also written in Italian. Rome was the place where I could investigate the matter, and if such proved encouraging, a trip to Jerusalem might be necessary in order to gather valuable firsthand information on the subject. The source of this rumor, written in Italian, was not clear it left considerable room for doubt, or rather wonder. "While visiting a friend in Switzerland, I heard of what seemed to me one of the greatest discoveries since the time of Christ-that Peter was buried in Jerusalem and not in Rome.
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