Although seven other popes are buried in Santa Maria Maggiore, Francis will be the first not to be interred in St. Peter’s Basilica since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was laid to rest in the ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the centre of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes. The ...

ROME: Pope Francis' last resting place is the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, a fifth-century church in the heart of Rome that already houses the tombs of seven popes. Francis, who passed away on ...

Pope Francis’ funeral procession will travel approximately six kilometers from St. Peter’s Basilica to ... and continuing along some of Rome’s main thoroughfares to reach Santa Maria Maggiore.

A white rose lays on the tomb of Pope Francis in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, in Rome, Italy, on April 27, 2025. VATICAN MEDIA/AFP via Getty Images. 4 of 12.

Santa Maria Maggiore. ... Behind this blowsy Baroque façade is one of the most striking basilica-form churches in Rome. ... Piazza di S. Maria Maggiore, 42 Rome 00100 Roma RM. Transport: ...

New surprise blitz by Pope Francis. The Pope arrived at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore shortly before 3 pm to pray to the Salus Populi Romani, which is so dear to him. Dressed in a white ...

So the story may be only a pious legend; but inside the beautiful Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, high over the side altar in the left transept, is a beautiful golden bas relief depicting the ...

This photograph shows the interior of Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, the late Pope’s final resting place, a day prior to the Pope’s funeral, in Rome on April 25, 2025.