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Early in your visit to the Vatican inIndiana Jones And The Great Circle, you’ll find the bones of Father Crescenzo, the Mad Priest. As it turns out, the long-dead cleric has more to say if you’re willing to follow the trail of his missing journal.
Since you’re playing this game, you’re clearly not one to back down from an adventure. Once you have the right clues and keys, you’re able to retrieve the journal and bring it to Sister Catherine at the Sistine Chapel to learn more secrets and trigger a bonus cutscene.
After you find Crescenzo’s bones in the hidden dungeon beneath the Apostolic Library, Antonio will give you theClerical Keyand suggest that you go to theVatican Post Officein search of a camera.
See our guidefor help getting inside the Post Office.
In the main hallway of the Post Office,check the table across from Ernesto’s door.If you haven’t spoken to Ernesto yet, it will bebehind the two priests watching the street from the front door window.
On the table is aletter from Sister Catherineto Antonio, wondering where the journal has gotten to.Collecting Catherine’s Letterwill begin your search for Crescenzo’s Journal.
Where Is Sister Catherine?
Sister Catherine is in theSistine Chapel, on the southern edge of the Vatican map. The easiest way to get there is via theBorgia Courtyardsto the west or bycutting through the Apostolic Palace. You’ll need touse the Clerical Keyand your priest disguise to get inside.
Catherine is seated on the left side of the chapel; you’ll hear herloudly complainingabout having to wait for the journal she requested.Talk to her, then proceed to the back room; there’s anoptional safeto open there, and stairs that lead to a back entrance that you can unlock for an easy return.
How To Get The Sewer Key
Once you’ve spoken to Sister Catherine,return to Antonio at the Apostolic Library.It’s a good idea toget the pictures of the Strange Inscriptionsthat he needs first and save yourself some backtracking. You also might considerrescuing Sidneyand recovering a stolen Stone Fragment, as he and Professor Savage will be waiting in the library for you to return the artifact.
Antonio will reveal thatFather Ventura has taken Crescenzo’s Journal, and that you’ll need to sneak into the Apostolic Palace through the sewers to get it back. He’llgive you the Sewer Keyat this point, and you cantake Ventura’s Letterfrom Antonio’s desk.
How To Get Through The Vatican Sewers
The entrance to the sewers is in theTower of Nicholas the Fifth, across the street from the Post Office. This is the same building that you’ll visit to complete theSacred Woundsquest, and you may do so before or after recovering the journal.
Take a right immediately upon walking in through the front doors; you’ll seestairs leading down.These will take you to the sewers. There may be aguard across the channel on the far side, so enter with caution.
The wall behind the guard’s chair can bebroken with a sledgehammer or other two-handed melee weaponto reveal a Lost Artifact.
Use the Sewer Key to unlock the grate andfollow the path inward.When you reach the flooded section at the rear,swim to the far endandclimb the pipes on the right.
When you’ve climbed as high as you may go, the pipes will creak and partially break, letting you shimmy out over the water. From there, you canuse your whipto swing across to the other side and continue your ascent.
When you reach the room at the top,take a picture of the Strange Inscriptionand unlock the door leading back to the street; now you won’t have to go through the sewers again. Continue upstairs,collecting the Medicine Bottle about halfway up, and use the Clerical Key at the top to get into the Apostolic Palace Storeroom.
Crescenzo’s Journal isin a lockbox immediately to your rightupon entering the Storeroom. Once you have it, the safest escape route is togo back down the stairsand through the door you just unlocked; the other exits are watched by Blackshirts.
Bring Crescenzo’s Journal to Sister Catherine for225 Adventure PointsandThe Mad Priest Achievement/Trophy.
