The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope
Francis's remains will be laid to rest in Rome's Saint Mary
Major on Saturday after his funeral in Saint Peter's Square.
The late pontiff would always go to Saint Mary Major to pray
before and after every apostolic journey he went on and he asked
to buried there, not in St Peter's like most other popes, in his
testament.
"I ask that my tomb be prepared in the burial niche in the side
aisle between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi
Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the Basilica," the testament
read.
"The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular
ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus".
The Vatican said Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of
the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite for the
interment of the coffin.
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