SaintCast #123, Justin the Martyr
A saint reference in Nacho Libre? Play along with St. Jeopardy to find out what that's about. We profile an early Church martyr, philosopher, and Father, Justin Martyr, as we go soundseeing at the Ara Coeli Basilica in Rome, Italy.
Does a saint's body have to be found to be canonized? Listen in for the answer.
We answer that question, and other's on today's SaintCast.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
SaintCast #123, Justin the Martyr
Pictures from my trip to the Ara Coeli Basilica below
Laura at top of Ara Coeli staircase in Rome
View from the top of the steps, daughter Laura on the long climb up.
This church is famous for the olive-wood statue Santo Bambino which had miraculous powers, stolen in 1994. This is a copy.
Piazza del Campidoglio, the Capitoline Piazza, laid out and designed by Michelangelo. See the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on the left.
