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Who built the first church on Vatican Hill?

   St. Peter
   Emperor Constantine I
   Pope Leo I
   Pope Julius II

Your answer was: Emperor Constantine I.
You are correct!!


Answer: Vatican Hill is where Peter and other Christian scapegoats are buried in a necropolis, where they were scapegoats for their crimes. Emperor Constantine I built a basilica over St. Peter’s tomb, near some family tombs, on the slope of Vatican Hill around 324 after embracing Christianity with the Edict of Milan in 313.

References
• Rosamond McKitterick, John Osborne, Carol M. Richardson, and Joanna Story (editors), Introduction - Tu es Petrus, Old St. Peter's, Rome Cambridge University Press, copyright 2013, page 2
• 1700 Anniversary of the Edict of Milan, UFN Bulletin BF-11 June 12, 2013


Baptism of the Emperor; Donation of Constantine
Emperor Constantine Leads Pope Sylvaster's Horse


Fresco of St Sylvester and Constantine I
at the Santi Quattro Coronati Basilica in Rome

Edict of Milan
1700th Anniversary
1532-1535 (2013)