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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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    Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood (rione) of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are...
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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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  • Pennsylvania St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, within Rome, Italy Old St. Peter's Basilica, the building that once stood on the spot where the Basilica of Saint...
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  • St. Peter's Church may refer to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City or: St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Monrovia, Liberia, scene of the Monrovia Church...
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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 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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    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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    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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    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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    largest Catholic church in the world in interior area after the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The site has its origins in the finding of a...
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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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    Mercy Chapel (Italian: Cappella Lituana, "Lithuanian Chapel") in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. It was consecrated by the Pope Paul VI in 1970 and...
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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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    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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    The St. Peter's Basilica (Portuguese: Basílica de São Pedro) also called St. Peter's Church Is a Catholic church built in neoclassical style in the parish...
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  • leftmost side of the narthex of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican City, and leads to the interior of the basilica. It is called the Door of the Dead...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Saint Peter and Islam Saint Peter and Judaism Saint Peter's Square Saint Peter's tomb San Pietro in Vincoli St. Peter's Basilica Sword of Saint Peter Hebrew:...
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  • a basilica over a small shrine believed to mark the burial place of St. Peter. The Constantine's basilica is the predecessor of St. Peter's Basilica. The...
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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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    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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    Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his plan for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of the design executed by Michelangelo. His Tempietto...
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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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