authorities to have been built to memorialize the location of Saint Peter's grave. St. Peter's tomb is alleged near the west end of a complex of mausoleums...

Bernini, it was intended to mark, in a monumental way, the place of Saint Peter's tomb underneath. Under its canopy is the high altar of the basilica. Commissioned...

Old St. Peter's Basilica was the church buildings that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City...

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica...

Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome (especially Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Santa Maria...

and Judaism Saint Peter's Square Saint Peter's tomb San Pietro in Vincoli St. Peter's Basilica Sword of Saint Peter Hebrew: שמעון בר יונה, romanized: Šīmʿōn...

This area, closest to Saint Peter's tomb, is surrounded by chapels dedicated to Our Lady, forming a crown around the Apostle's tomb. The central space of...

Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the rebuilding of St. Peter's is responsible for the destruction of approximately half of all papal tombs. As a result...

"Saint Peter" (poem), a poem by Henry Lawson Saint Peter's tomb, site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves Church of Saint Peter, church...

generally survived. The main locations of destroyed or lost papal tombs include: Saint Peter's tomb, around which the following popes were traditionally believed...