US EditionWhy Pope Francis isn't being buried in the Vatican
- Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in central Rome, a few miles from the Vatican.
- He chose this location due to a strong connection, breaking the typical tradition for papal burials.
- Popes usually find their final resting place within Vatican City, often beneath St. Peter's Basilica.
- Francis requested a "simple" tomb with only "Franciscus" as the inscription, according to his will.
- This makes him the first pontiff buried outside the Vatican in over a century, since Leo XIII in 1903.
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Pope Francis ordered that, after his death, he be buried in the Basilica of St Mary Major. This basilica was dear to him. However, Francis will not be the only pope buried outside the Vatican City State. Nor will he be the first pope specifically buried in St Mary Major of Rome. Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major has been made with materials from the Italian region of Liguria. It is a simple tomb being only the inscription “Fra…
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Pope Francis is not buried in St. Peter's Basilica like most of his predecessors, but in the Roman basilica of the Pope, Santa Maria Maggiore. The background explains Andreas Englisch, Rome correspondent and Pope's biographer, in an interview with world television chief presenter Tatjana Ohm.
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