Papal Tomb
A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially wikt:extant, extant, representing fewer than half of the 266 deceased popes, from Saint Peter to Pope Francis. For the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled Sarcophagus, sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Pope Leo II, Leos II, Pope Leo III, III, and Pope Leo IV, IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, ''Fuga d'Attila''. The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the develop ...
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