The History. During the Roman Empire what we now call the Vatican Necropolis was a humble cemetery beside the Circus of Nero. Itâs proximity to the fabled circus meant that it also became the final resting place of St. Peter when he was crucified there in AD 69.
Leon is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Leon (Madison County, Virginia). Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
The newspapers of Leon are the Decatur County Journal, published and edited by P. O. James; and the Leon Pioneer, by G. N. Udell. The former is Republican and the latter Democratic. The Pioneer has been published several years, and the Journal only a few months.