Qvo Vadis? It is a Latin expression that means where are you going? The truth is that if you go to Rome and go for a walk along the ancient Appian Way, you will pass through the door of a small white church known by the name of Church of Domine Quo Vadis.
It is one of the many churches in Rome but it has a particular history and that makes it stand out. The other name of this old church is Iglesia de Santa María in Palmas and it is located right where the story says that Saint Peter had a vision of Christ rising to heaven while Roman soldiers were chasing him and he was trying to escape.
The story tells how surprised Peter was to see Jesus that he asked him Master, what are you going for? o sir, where are you going?. To which Jesus responded Eo roman iterum crucigi, I'm going to Rome to be crucified. So Peter, instead of running away, turned around and decided to face the crucifixion as Jesus did. As evidence that Peter walked through here there is an epigraph in the catacombs of San Sebastián that reads "Peter's house" in Latin and an epigraph left by Pope Damascus I, in the middle of the year 300, which says that Saints Peter and Paul they lived there.
Since the XNUMXth century, a sanctuary has stood here in the Church of the Domine Quo Vadis and it is believed that the first thing that was actually built here was a pagan temple that was later supplanted by a Christian church. You can find the church about 800 meters from the Puerta de San Sebastián and there are two marble footprints in the center of the church itself, a copy of the original that is kept in the basilica, which are said to be the miracle of the footprints of jesus. Admission is free.