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Meaning of quo vadis




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

quo vadis
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It is a Latin phrase which means where you going?. The name of one of the most famous films that occurs during Holy week. It was filmed in 1951. In Quo Vadis, Peter Ustinov played the role of Nero and was nominated for an Oscar for this role. Name of novel of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish writer who won the fifth Nobel Prize for literature.

  




Manuel Penichet P

Quo vadis? It is a latin phrase which means quot; where are you going? quot;. This phrase is attributed in the Christian tradition to San Pedro, when fleeing from the persecution of Christians in Rome, is Jesus Christ carrying the cross and asks: Quo vadis Domine? which means Lord where are going? and Christ replied: Romam iterum crucifigi Ford (I go to Rome to be crucified again). Pedro embarrassed returns to Rome to continue his Ministry and a time after is martyred and crucified head down.

  


Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Latinism in Christian context, that means where are you going?. It has a Christian tradition that St. Peter Apia fled from Rome via due to the persecution of Nero in the year 64, when he had a vision of Christ with the cross walking in direction to Rome. Then tells Peter: Quo vadis, Domine? ( Where are you going, Sir? ). Quo vadis? It is also a novel of the 19th century by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, versioned in the film on numerous occasions during the twentieth century

  


Laura

" Quo vadis " It means " where are you going " I think that in latin

  



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