Curated playlist
Burials at St. Peter's Basilica
- Pope Paul IIINicolaus Copernicus dedicated his treatise on a sun-centered universe to Pope Paul III.
- Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II visited the man who shot him in 1981 and called him a brother.
- Saint PeterSaint Peter denied knowing Jesus three times on the night Jesus was arrested. Later, he three times said he loved him.
- Pope Julius IIPope Julius II told cardinals praising his health, "They are flattering me," and died months later.
- Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on Holy Saturday, the 16th of April 1927, and was baptised the same day. For years as a cardinal, he said what he wanted most was a quiet life in his house in Pentling, a Bavarian village…
- Pope Pius XIIPope Pius XII was elected on the 2nd of March 1939, which happened to be his 63rd birthday. The cardinals needed only one day and three ballots to choose him. According to rumour, he asked for one more ballot to be sure the result was…
- Pope Pius VIIPope Pius VII was crowned in 1800 wearing a papier-mâché tiara. French forces had confiscated the real papal tiaras.
- Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaThe composer Palestrina, called the prince of music, has no marked tomb. Later construction covered his grave.
- Andreas PalaiologosAndreas Palaiologos sold his claim to the Byzantine throne, then took it back.
- Pope Boniface VIIIIn 1303, soldiers paid by France's king broke into Pope Boniface VIII's palace. They held him captive for three days.