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Old Apr 6th, 2005, 01:41 PM
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can you tour where the Pope will be buried?
Can you tour where the Pope will be buried and if so can anyone recomend a guide? Was it interesting? thanks!
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Old Apr 6th, 2005, 01:43 PM
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Hi
do a search here on Scavi
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Old Apr 6th, 2005, 03:31 PM
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The pope will be buried in the grotto under the baldochino (the four-pillared canopy over the high altar). You don't need a guide to go there, just head down the stairs.
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Follow the instructions here on this link:

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/in...040112_en.html
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Old Apr 6th, 2005, 03:38 PM
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Underhill is correct.
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Old Apr 6th, 2005, 04:26 PM
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Yes, I jumped and was incorrect, the Scavi tour covers the presumed tomb of St Peter, not of the Popes.
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