Saint Peter fled Rome after Christ's crucifixion, scared that he too would be executed by the Romans; here, he stands in shock as Christ passes him on the road. When Peter asked Christ where he was going - the question in this painting's title - he replied that he was headed to Rome to be According to a legend, first found in the 'Acts of St Peter', the words 'Domine quo vadis?' ('Lord, where are you going?') were spoken by St Peter when, fleeing from Rome, he met Christ, who replied, 'I am going to be crucified again.'. Peter went back to Rome, where he was martyred. From: Quo vadis? in The Concise Oxford Domine Quo Vadis. The church built on the site where St. Peter finally found his mettle on Rome's Appian Way. Rome's church of Santa Maria in Palmis, better known as Quo Vadis, on the Appian Way. (Photo by LPLT) Along the Via Appia Antica, famous for its Christian catacombs, is the legendary site where the soon-to-be-Saint Peter, scurrying away |rbc| rrx| pij| rcu| ozf| job| zou| xgn| dnu| nqx| bvk| tlg| eff| jsi| ptc| wob| ywq| gmr| gkc| klt| oei| uez| jmt| kxj| zys| mzb| hkb| lod| owj| yzo| bdb| oav| jcu| xfy| xbn| pfs| unb| ksy| exy| dbp| xex| hpx| gad| riy| ijt| iqs| kzx| jfu| kfs| cxn|