Per the basilica, there are currently seven popes buried there, includingPopeHonorius III, St. Pius V, Pope Sixtus V, Pope Clement VIII, Pope Paul V and Pope Clement IX. The latter, who died in ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The ...

He is buried in the same chapel as his predecessor, Clement VIII. Statue of Pope Clement IX at his tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore. Credit: Richard Mortel/Flickr Clement IX, born Giulio Rospigliosi ...

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes, houses the remains of approximately 90 of Rome’s popes. The rest are scattered throughout other places ...

Pope Francis ordered that upon his death he would be buried in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of St. Mary Major). This basilica was very dear to him. Francis, however, will not be the ...

He also chose his burial place, and will be the first pope in over a century ... and then used as a papal fortress. It was here that Pope Clement VII holed up during the Sack of Rome in 1527, ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

Pope Francis will be the first Pontiff to die within the Vatican walls and be immediately buried at Santa Maria ... as did his successors Clement VIII (pontificate between 1592 and 1605), Paul ...

Unlike his predecessors, Pope Francis has chosen not to be buried in the Vatican Grottoes but in the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where he frequently prayed. View on euronews ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place. The Salus Populi Romani icon is displayed in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. (photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA / EWTN ...