# Holy Grail in Rome Says Archeologist

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**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-grail-in-rome-says-archeologist/409526 "2007-06-26T21:34:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-grail-in-rome-says-archeologist/409526/1 "2007-06-26T21:34:12Z")

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[Paging Dan Brown.](http://www.italyonline.com.au/viewnews.html?id=160)

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> The Holy Grail, the elusive cup at the heart of countless legends, is hidden in catacombs under a sixth-century church in Rome, according to an Italian archaeologist.
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> Alfredo M.Barbagallo believes the legendary article is in a chapel-like room underneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, one of the seven churches which Christian pilgrims used to visit when they came to Rome.
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> Barbagallo has not actually been in the room itself, or even seen it. But, on the basis of two years spent studying medieval iconography inside the basilica, he is convinced that the Grail is there.

:rolleyes: