From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religion & Spirituality Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religionandspirituality/s-575507-935186
VATICAN CITY (UPI) -- Analysis by the Vatican Museums' diagnostics
laboratory neither confirms nor rules out that relics alleged to be
those of St. Paul are from the apostle.
Ulderico Santamaria, the head of the lab and a science professor at
Tuscia University, urged caution in assuming the remains are those of
St. Paul, the Italian News Service ANSA reported Friday.
Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, the archpriest of the
basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, said he is optimistic the
tomb found under his church in 2006 is that of the saint.
Since St. Paul's execution in around A.D. 65, tradition has placed his
remains in the church outside the walls of the old city of Rome. The
tomb was found under the epigraph "Paulo Apostolo Mart'" or Paul the
Apostle and Martyr.
Christian tradition says he was buried by a Roman woman and the church
was built over his tomb.
Paul is among the most venerated figures in early Christianity. He is
credited with being the first to bring the gospel to the Greeks and
Romans.