page_title: Papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica
section_title: Papal tombs
hierarchical_section_title: Papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica / Papal tombs
caption_attribution_description: English: Engravings of (old) Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.
context_page_description: The papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica were the final resting places of the popes, most of which dated from the fifth to sixteenth centuries. The majority of these tombs were destroyed during the sixteenth through seventeenth century demolition of old St. Peter's Basilica, except for one which was destroyed during the Saracen Sack of the church in 846. The remainder were transferred in part to new St. Peter's Basilica, which stands on the site of the original basilica, and a handful of other churches of Rome.
caption: Drawing of papal tombs, from De sacris aedificiis... by Giovanni Ciampini (1693)
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