Pope Francis will rest in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore of Rome – he will be the first Pope to be buried there from 1669
THE Franciscana Pope who is known for defying expectations in his life, will continue this tendency to death as he becomes the first Pontiff to be buried outside Vatican For more than a century, according to the BBC.
Instead of the Vatican caves beneath the Basilica of St. Peter, the late Pontiff will rest in the Basilica of Santa Maria Magiore of Rome. In particular, it will be the first Pope to be buried there since 1669.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Site is one of the four major papal basilicas of the Italian capital and has played a key role in Pope Francis’ history since it was elected in 2013.
Less than 24 hours after becoming a Pope, Francis visited Vassiliki Santa Maria Maggiore to pray in front of one of the most important images of Our Lady in the Catholic world, Salus Populi Romani – meaning salvation of the Roman people.
According to the Treaty of the Latteran (1929) between the Holy See and the Italian state, Basilica belongs to Ag. Headquarters and is ground outside the Vatican, with the rights of the embassies of other states in Italy.
He regularly visited Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore before every visit outside Rome and on his return to the Vatican.
Francis also visited Vassiliki Santa Maria Maggiore shortly after leaving the hospital after 38 days. His last visit was April 12.
The current temple was built by Pope Sixtos III (432-440), according to the triumphant arc: Sixtus episcopus plebi dei. In addition to this temple on the Esculin hill, the Pope is said to have commissioned extensive building projects throughout the city, which continued by his successor Pope Leo I.
The temple maintains the core of its original construction, despite several construction additions and damage from the earthquake of 1348. The construction of temples in Rome at this time, such as Santa Maria Matzore, is inspired by the idea of the city as the center of the Christian world.
The temple, one of the first to be erected in the name of the Virgin Mary, began to be built after the Ephesus meeting in 431, which proclaimed Our Lady as Theotokos. Sixtus III built him in memory of this decision. The atmosphere that created the Synod also influenced the mosaics of the interior, as “it is clear that the designers of the decoration belong to a period of dense discussions about the nature and relationship of the Virgin with the incarnate Christ.” Great mosaics in the nave and triumphant arc are landmarks in the Virgo depictions. They depict scenes of her life and Christ as well as the Old Testament, such as Moses who beats the Red Sea and the drowning of the Egyptians in it.
Source :Skai
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