Where Are the Popes Buried? A Catholic Guide to the Papal Tombs of Rome
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- Early Christianity, Major Basilicas, Papal Tombs, Pilgrim, Popes, Rome
Where are the popes buried? Most of the surviving papal tombs are in Rome, above all in St Peter’s Basilica. Yet the burial places of the successors of St Peter form a sacred map extending across the Eternal City—from the Vatican Grottoes to St John Lateran, St Mary Major, St Lawrence Outside the Walls, San Clemente and the ancient catacombs.