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The saints' spot: Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest where two canonized popes were buried

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The saints’ spot: Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest where two canonized popes were buried

January 7, 2023January 21, 2026

ROME • In what looks like a continuation of pontifical legacy, Pope Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt where his Polish predecessor, St. John Paul II, was first buried. St. John XXIII also was buried there prior to his beatification.A triple coffin – the first one made of cypress, the second of zinc and…...