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Rome of Peter and Paul · Stop 3 · Day 1
Domine Quo Vadis church
In the Bible
“Lord, where are You going?” Peter asked. Jesus answered: where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.
John 13:36–37
“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.” “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”Tradition
The apocryphal Acts of Peter (2nd century) tell that Peter, leaving Rome, met Christ here and asked “Domine, quo vadis?”; told that He was going to be crucified again, Peter turned back.
Here today
A small 17th-century church at a fork of the road, with a copy of a stone bearing two footprints; the original is kept in San Sebastiano.
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