Papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica
Papal tombs

Papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica

Section Title: Papal tombs
Table Section Text: None

Pontificate	Portrait	Common English name	Notes

440–461	-	Leo I Saint Leo Leo the Great	Tomb located in portico. First pope buried on the porch of Old Saint Peter's Basilica; translated multiple times, combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855; removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured) in the Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti.

468–483	-	Simplicius Saint Simplicius	Tomb located in portico, near tomb of Leo I. Destroyed during the demolition.

492–496	-	Gelasius I Saint Gelasius	Tomb located in portico

496–498	-	Anastasius II	Tomb located in atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

498–514	-	Symmachus Saint Symmachus	Tomb located in portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

514–523	Hormisdas Saint Hormisdas	Destroyed during the demolition

523–526	-	John I Saint John	Located in the nave. Destroyed during the demolition.

526–530	-	Felix IV Saint Felix	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

530–532	-	Boniface II	Located in the portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

533–535	-	John II	Destroyed during the demolition

535–536	-	Agapetus I Agapitus Saint Agapetus	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

556–561	-	Pelagius I	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

561–574	-	John III	Destroyed during the demolition

575–579	-	Benedict I	Located in the vestibule of the sacristy. Destroyed during the demolition.

579–590	-	Pelagius II	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

590–604	-	Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint Gregory Gregory the Great	Located in the portico. Originally buried in the portico of Old St.

604–606	-	Sabinian Saint Sabinian	Original monument in the atrium of Old Saint Peter's destroyed during the demolition; small fragment of the original epitaph remains in the crypt of St.

607-607	-	Boniface III	Destroyed during the demolition

608–615	-	Boniface IV, O.S.B. Saint Boniface	Originally buried in the portico of Old Saint Peter's; translated to the interior; one arm translated to Santa Maria in Cosmedin; other relics translated to the Chapel of St.

615–618	-	Adeodatus I

619–625	-	Boniface V	Destroyed during the demolition

625–638	-	Honorius I	Destroyed during the demolition

638–640	-	Severinus	Located in the porch. Destroyed during the demolition.

640–642	-	John IV	Destroyed during the demolition

642–649	-	Theodore I	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

654–657	-	Eugene I Saint Eugene	Destroyed during the demolition

657–672	-	Vitalian Saint Vitalian	Destroyed during the demolition

672–676	-	Adeodatus II, O.S.B.	Destroyed during the demolition

676–678	-	Donus	Destroyed during the demolition

678–681	-	Agatho Saint Agatho	Destroyed during the demolition

681–683	-	Leo II Saint Leo	Originally buried in Old Saint Peter's; translated under the altar of the Chapel of the Madonna della Colonna; combined with Leo I in the early seventeenth century; for centuries believed to be under the altar of the Church of San Stefano in Ferrara; combined remains of Leo's I, II, and IV in Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti when found during the demolition

684–685	-	Benedict II Saint Benedict	Destroyed during the demolition

685–686	-	John V	Located in the atrium. Destroyed in a Saracen raid in 846.

686–687	-	Conon	Located in the left nave. Destroyed during the demolition.

687–701	-	Sergius I Saint Sergius	First pope buried in Saint Peter's proper (not a portico); tomb destroyed during the demolition

701–705	-	John VI	Destroyed during the demolition

705–707	-	John VII	Located in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Destroyed during the demolition; surviving mosaic of John VII in the Vatican grottoes believed to be part of his original tomb

708-708	-	Sisinnius	Located in the left nave. Destroyed during the demolition.

708–715	Constantine	Located in the left nave. Destroyed during the demolition.

715–731	-	Gregory II Saint Gregory	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

731–741	-	Gregory III	Located in the Oratory of Our Lady. Destroyed during the demolition.

741–752	-	Zachary Saint Zachary	Destroyed during the demolition

Never took office as Pope	Pope-elect Stephen	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

752–757	-	Stephen II	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

757–767	-	Paul I Saint Paul	Located in the Oratory of Our Lady. Temporarily buried in San Paolo fuori le Mura; moved to the Oratory of Our Lady in Old Saint Peter's; destroyed during the demolition.

767–772	-	Stephen III	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition

772–795	-	Adrian I	Original monument in the Oratory of Cathedra Petri destroyed during the demolition; inscription, composed by Charlemagne, remains in the portico of modern St.

795–816	-	Leo III Saint Leo	Located in the Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti. Originally buried in Old Saint Peter's (above); combined with Leo II and IV by Pope Paschal II; combined sarcophagus destroyed during the demolition; combined with Leo I in 1601 and placed in a sarcophagus under the altar of our Savior della Colonna in new Saint Peter's (below)

816–817	-	Stephen IV	Destroyed during the demolition

824–827	-	Eugene II	Destroyed during the demolition

827–827	-	Valentine	Destroyed during the demolition

827–844	-	Gregory IV	Destroyed during the demolition

844–847	Sergius II	Located in the Altar of the chapel of Saints Sixtus and Fabian. Destroyed during the demolition.

847–855	-	Leo IV, O.S.B. Saint Leo	Located under the altar of Our Savior della Colonna. Combined with Leos I, II, and III.

855–858	Benedict III	Located in the Narthex. Destroyed during the demolition.

858–867	-	Nicholas I Saint Nicholas Nicholas the Great	Originally buried in the atrium of Old Saint Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition, extant in the Vatican grottoes

867–872	-	Adrian II	Originally buried in Old Saint Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition, still visible in the Vatican grottoes

872–882	John VIII	Located in the portico or nave. Destroyed during the demolition.

882–884	-	Marinus I	Located in the portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

885–891	-	Stephen V	Located in the portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

891–896	-	Formosus	Originally buried in old Saint Peter's; exhumed, defrocked, defingered, and thrown in the Tiber River (see: Cadaver Synod); reinterred in Old Saint Peter's; destroyed during the demolition

896-896	-	Boniface VI	Located in the portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

896–897	-	Stephen VI	Located in the portico. Destroyed during the demolition.

897–897	Romanus	Destroyed during the demolition

897	Theodore II	Destroyed during the demolition

898–900	-	John IX, O.S.B.	Located in the portico, left nave, or just outside. Destroyed during the demolition.

900–903	Benedict IV	Located near the gate of Guido. Destroyed during the demolition.

904–911	-	Sergius III	Destroyed during the demolition

911–913	Anastasius III	Located in the atrium. Destroyed during the demolition.

913–914	Lando	Destroyed during the demolition

928–928	Leo VI	Destroyed during the demolition

928–931	-	Stephen VII	Destroyed during the demolition

931–935	-	John XI	Destroyed during the demolition

936–939	-	Leo VII, O.S.B.	Destroyed during the demolition

939–942	-	Stephen VIII	Destroyed during the demolition

942–946	-	Marinus II	Destroyed during the demolition

964–965	Leo VIII	Destroyed during the demolition

973–974	Benedict VI	Destroyed during the demolition

983–984	John XIV	Destroyed during the demolition

985–996	John XV	Located in the Oratory of St. Mary. Destroyed during the demolition.

996–999	-	Gregory V	Tomb discovered on August 14, 1607 under the pavement of St. Peter's; exhumed and reburied on January 15, 1609 in a fourth/fifth century sarcophagus

1012–1024	-	Benedict VIII	Destroyed during the demolition

1024–1032	-	John XIX	Destroyed during the demolition

1045–1046	-	Gregory VI	Destroyed during the demolition

1049–1054	-	Leo IX Saint Leo	Originally buried in the east wall of Old Saint Peter's, close to the altar of Gregory I; coffin opened on January 11, 1606 during the demolition and parts were taken as relics; remainder reburied under the altar of Saints Marziale and Valeria, now dedicated to the stigmata of St.

1088–1099	-	Urban II, O.S.B. Blessed Urban	First tomb destroyed during the demolition

1145–1153	-	Eugene III, O.Cist. Blessed Eugene	Destroyed during the demolition

1154–1159	-	Adrian IV, O.S.A.	Reused an Early Christian sarcophagus

1227–1241	-	Gregory IX	Destroyed during the demolition

1241–1241	-	Celestine IV	Destroyed during the demolition

1277–1280	-	Nicholas III	Original destroyed during the demolition; combined with two Rainaldo Orsinis in 1620

1294–1303	Bonifatius VIII Grabstatue.JPG	Boniface VIII	Original tomb chapel, into which Boniface VIII had moved the relics of Boniface IV, destroyed during the demolition

1378–1389	-	Urban VI	Saved during the deconstruction of Old Saint Peter's; nearly dumped by workmen for use as a water trough

1389–1404	-	Boniface IX	Located in the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul. Tomb by Giovanni Tomacelli among the first destroyed during the demolition.

1404–1406	-	Innocent VII	Originally buried in the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul, moved to the Chapel of St. Thomas in 1455, moved into a mid-fifteenth century copy of the original sarcophagus on September 12, 1606

1447–1455	-	Nicholas V	Moved from the left outer aisle of Old Saint Peter's to the right outer aisle. Still monument by Mino da Fiesole, but not sarcophagus, destroyed during the demolition.

1464–1471	Paul II.JPG	Paul II	Effigy by Giovanni Dalmata; figures and bas-reliefs by Mino da Fiesole. Monument moved in 1544 and torn down in seventeenth century; sarcophagus survived demolition.

1471–1484	-	Sixtus IV, O.F.M.	Sculpted by Antonio del Pollaiolo. Originally located in the choir chapel of Old Saint Peter's; moved in 1610 to the sacristy; moved in 1625 to the Chapel del Coro in new Saint Peter's; combined with Julius II in 1926; moved again in 1940s.

1484–1492	Innocent VIII.JPG	Innocent VIII	Sculpted by Antonio del Pollaiolo. First papal tomb to depict a live pope rather than a deathbed effigy; originally placed in the Oratory of Our Lady in Old St.

1503–1503	-	Pius III	Sculpted by Sebastiano Ferrucci. Originally built in Old Saint Peter's; last papal mausoleum erected in Old St.

1523–1534	-	Clement VII	Originally buried in a brick tomb in Old Saint Peter's; current tomb is across from that of Leo X, another Medici pope in Santa Maria sopra Minerva

1534–1549	-	Paul III	Sculpted by Guglielmo della Porta. Moved in 1599.

1550–1555	-	Julius III	Originally buried in St. Peter's Basilica sans monument in a red stone sarcophagus in the chapel of San Andrea; reinterred in an ancient sarcophagus in 1608, which was reopened two years later during the demolition; sometimes cited as buried in the Del Monte chapel of San Pietro in Montorio along with his adopted cardinal-nephew, Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte

1555–1555	-	Marcellus II	No monument; fourth century sarcophagus, bearing a traditio legis

1572–1585	-	Gregory XIII	Original monument destroyed; new monument built in eighteenth century

1590–1591	Gregory XIV.PNG	Gregory XIV	Sculpted by Prospero Antichi.

1591–1591	-	Innocent IX	No monument

Sentence(s)

Pope Leo I (440–461) was the first pope buried in the basilica.

final_sentence: Pope Leo I (440–461) was the first pope buried in the basilica.