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St. Peter's Basilica - Tomb Pope Pius X

Building: The baroque St. Peter's basilica is the most prominent and most well-known church inside Vatican city. The basilica stands on the same spot where since the 4th century a church has always stood. The current basilica was built between 1506 and 1626. It covers an area of 2.3 ha and is inhabited by 60,000 people. According to the Catholic Church it is the burial place of Petrus and his tomb is situated under the canopy and altar of the basilica. This is however based on a tradition rather than fact. The Bible does not mention either the presence or martyrdom of Peter in Rome. This belief is however the reason why a lot of popes are buried inside this basilica.

Object: Band of images: Tomb of Pope Pius X (1835-1914) used as altar. Above the sepulchre is the monument of Pope Pius X (1835-1914) which is used as an altar. The upper part of the altar contains the impressive painting "The Presentation of the Virgin Maria in the Temple". The detail here below shows the headgear of the high priest with God's name written in Hebrew.

 

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Pictures received from www.stpetersbasilica.org.

 

 

 

 

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