The Vatican has announced what the grave of the late Pope will look like in the Basilica of Santa Maggiore. Francis had wished during his life that his name was on the burial plate in Latin (Francis).
In his will he also wrote that the grave should be set up in a niche in the side between the Pauline Chapel and the Sforza chapel of the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. According to the Vatican, the future grave is right next to the chapel with the Pope’s favorite icon. Francis often prayed for the photo “Salus Populi Romani” Photo “Salus Populi Romani”, most recently about a week before his death. The Marien icon is considered the patron saint of the Romans.
The grave will be made easy and from Marble from the Italian region of Liguria. It will show a replica of his chest cross. Already in Sunday, believers can visit the final resting place, as a spokesperson for the Holy chair has announced.
Mysterious donors
She paid for an unknown benefactor, as Francis himself said in his will. There are now many rumors about the name of the donor. For example, there is talk of the fact that it could be Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died in 2023, who had good connections with the Vatican.
The Vatican usually pays the funeral ceremony and the funeral of a Pope. Francis, however, decided that it should be different for him. He also did not want to be buried in St. Peter’s Basilica, but in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. The head of the basilica received the instructions for the funeral of the Pontifex itself. “He wanted it to be modest,” said Rolanda Makrickas’s head. He does not know the name of the donor.
“He just told me:” Find a place for my grave, because I want to be buried in this basilica. You were a prophet, “said Makrickas. Francis prayed for each of his travels abroad on the portrait of Maria in the Basilica.
Source: Krone
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