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    Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti...
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    Old St. Peter's Basilica was the church buildings that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City....
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    technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the city-state and papal enclave surrounded by Rome...
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    front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood (rione) of Borgo. Square and basilica are named...
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    Saint Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican authorities to have been built to...
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  • St. Peter's or similar terms may mean: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, within Rome, Italy Old St. Peter's Basilica, the building that once stood on...
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  • St. Peter's Basilica is a church in Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica may also refer to: Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Cincinnati), U...
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  • St. Peter's Church, Toronto, Ontario Saint Peter's Church, Shanghai Church of St. Peter at Poříčí (Prague) St. Peter's Church, Bornholm St. Peter's Church...
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    the Great Lakes region of North America.[opinion] Modeled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, it features one of the largest copper domes in the world...
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  • St. Peter's Square is a plaza located in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. St. Peter's Square may also refer to: St Peter's Square, London...
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    In Old St. Peter's Basilica, the papal tombs were the final resting places of the popes, most of which dated from the 5th to 16th centuries. The majority...
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    the case in St Peter's and St John Lateran in Rome) and that offer more immediate access to the burial places below. Some Catholic basilicas are Catholic...
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    Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Ireland have such chapels in the St. Peter's Basilica. "Gates of Dawn", Go Vilnius, City of Vilnius Jurginis, Juozas (1987)...
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    Friars of Manoppello St. Veronica in St. Peter's "Clip of the Catholic News Service featuring the relic in St. Peter's Basilica" "Polish website Volto...
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    The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City,...
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    the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the city’s Seven Pilgrim Churches. The basilica is the...
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    second largest Catholic church in the world by interior area, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. As a cathedral, it is the seat of the Archdiocese...
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    among the world's most renowned works of architecture. These include St Peter's Basilica, Notre-Dame de Paris, Cologne Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Antwerp...
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    in St. Peter's Basilica), Cardinal Domenico Pimentel (Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, design only), and Matilda of Canossa (St. Peter's Basilica). Related...
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    canopy in St. Peter's Basilica". Associated Press News. 11 January 2024. "Vatican unveils plans for restoring Bernini's canopy in St. Peter's Basilica". Associated...
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    Vatican Grottoes (category St. Peter's Basilica)
    underground chambers and chapels located under part of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. They are situated three meters below the current...
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    St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica, is a church located at 196 Dufferin Avenue in London, Ontario, Canada in the Roman Catholic Diocese of London. The parish...
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    by a necropolis. In the 16th century it was moved next to the Old St. Peter's Basilica, at the Rotonda di Sant'Andrea. Having stood in the same location...
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    worlds. Two sets of columns, both in the very prestigious setting of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, were probably important in the wide diffusion of the style...
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    piers[clarification needed]. Donato Bramante's original plan for St Peter's Basilica in Rome has richly articulated piers. Four piers support the weight...
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    Italy. Vatican City contains religious and cultural sites such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Apostolic Library, and the Vatican...
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    One of his most popular projects that he worked on designing is St. Peter’s basilica in the Vatican City. He was also an engineer who worked on restoring...
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    visiting one of the four patriarchal basilicas, St. Peter's Basilica, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls or St. Mary Major, as well as by a visit...
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    Vatican Necropolis (category St. Peter's Basilica)
    below Saint Peter's Basilica. The Vatican sponsored archaeological excavations (also known by their Italian name scavi) under Saint Peter's in the years...
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  • The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica. The ancient Romans had several opinions about the derivation of...
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