Joe Heschmeyer's
Shameless Popery Podcast on YouTube published the video linked below just yesterday (2 January 2025) about the recent news of an archeological dig from 2017-2018 that discovered an early Christian's remains in a cemetery near the ancient Roman city, Nida (northeast of today's Frankfurt, Germany). The early Christian was buried with what some publications (including
Archeology News linked below (published 15 December 2024)) called an
amulet at or around the neck but Heschmeyer called it a
phylactery because it contained a scroll, the writing on which was ingeniously extracted with CT scanning. Anyway, it's a fascinating find regarding intercessory prayer of saints and the spread of Christianity.
Here is the first paragraph of the
Archeology News article linked below:
Archaeologists have uncovered a groundbreaking artifact in a 3rd-century Roman grave near Frankfurt, Germany, which provides the earliest archaeological evidence of Christianity north of the Alps. The artifact, a silver amulet known as the “Frankfurt Silver Inscription,” dates back to approximately 230-270 CE and predates previously known Christian artifacts from this region by nearly 50 years.
PROOF That Early Christians Prayed to the Saints??
Silver amulet unearthed in Frankfurt grave Is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps