St Peter in Chains 3
San Pietro in Vincoli was built on the site of an earlier church in the mid 5th century in order to provide a suitable home for a reliquary housing the chains used to bind St. Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend the chains were presented to Pope Leo I who compared them to the chains used when Peter was imprisoned in Rome. Miraculously, the two sets of chains fused together and are now housed in a reliquary under the main altar of the church.
St Peter in Chains 3
San Pietro in Vincoli was built on the site of an earlier church in the mid 5th century in order to provide a suitable home for a reliquary housing the chains used to bind St. Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend the chains were presented to Pope Leo I who compared them to the chains used when Peter was imprisoned in Rome. Miraculously, the two sets of chains fused together and are now housed in a reliquary under the main altar of the church.