{"id":537216,"date":"2023-01-08T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pope-benedicts-tomb-able-to-be-viewed-by-public-at-st-peters-basilica\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T10:09:02","slug":"pope-benedicts-tomb-able-to-be-viewed-by-public-at-st-peters-basilica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pope-benedicts-tomb-able-to-be-viewed-by-public-at-st-peters-basilica\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pope Benedict&#8217;s tomb able to be viewed by public at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b43c930c0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b43c930c0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pope-benedicts-tomb-able-to-be-viewed-by-public-at-st-peters-basilica\/#%E2%80%9CPope_Benedicts_tomb_able_to_be_viewed_by_public_at_St_Peters_Basilica%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Pope Benedict&#8217;s tomb able to be viewed by public at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPope_Benedicts_tomb_able_to_be_viewed_by_public_at_St_Peters_Basilica%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Pope Benedict&#8217;s tomb able to be viewed by public at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter\u2019s Basilica.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff was buried on Jan. 5 im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely following a funeral in St. Peter\u2019s Square. Benedict\u2019s tomb lies in the grottoes under the basilica\u2019s main floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican announced on Saturday that the public could visit the tomb starting Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict had lived since 2013 as pope emeritus, following his retirement from the papacy, the first pontiff to do so in 600 years. He died on Dec. 31 at the age of 95, in the Vatican monastery where he spent his last years.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, imparted a final blessing after Benedict\u2019s body, contained inside three coffins \u2014 the cypress one displayed in the square during the funeral presided over by Pope Francis, a zinc one and an outer one hewn from oak \u2014 were lowered into a space in the floor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The tomb of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI\" class=\"wp-image-25283604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Benedict died on Dec. 31, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The remains were placed in the former tomb of Benedict\u2019s predecessor, St. John Paul II. John Paul\u2019s remains were moved up to a chapel on the main floor of the basilica following his 2011 beatification.<\/p>\n<p>Some 50,000 people attended Benedict\u2019s funeral, following three days of the body\u2019s lying in state in the basilica, an event which drew nearly 200,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The name of Benedict, the Catholic church\u2019s 265th pontiff, was engraved on a white marble slab, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The tomb of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.\" class=\"wp-image-25283603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Pope-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Benedict stepped away as Pope on Feb. 28, 2013.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Vatican didn\u2019t say whether Pope Francis had privately visited the completed tomb of Benedict before public viewing was permitted, or might do so at some other time.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Francis was leading a ceremony for the baptism of 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel. 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