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List of extant papal tombs

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List of extant papal tombs

A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially 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 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 Leos II, III, and 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 development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome (especially Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Santa Maria sopra Minerva and Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore), or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany.

Tables

· 1st–5th centuries › 1st century
PeterSaint Peter
PeterSaint Peter
Pontificate
30–67(as Head of the Church)
Common English name
PeterSaint Peter
Image
Sculptor
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (baldachin)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (Rome)
Notes
See Saint Peter's tomb
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
30–67(as Head of the Church)
PeterSaint Peter
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (baldachin)
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (Rome)
See Saint Peter's tomb
post 42 / ante 57–64/67(?)(as Bishop of Rome)
· 1st–5th centuries › 2nd century
AnicetusSaint Anicetus
AnicetusSaint Anicetus
Pontificate
c. 157–168
Common English name
AnicetusSaint Anicetus
Image
Location
Palazzo Altemps (Piazza Navona), Rome
Notes
Remains transferred from Vatican Hill to the Cemetery of Callixtus and possibly again thereafter; sarcophagus which may once have contained remains is extant in the Palazzo Altemps
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
c. 157–168
AnicetusSaint Anicetus
Palazzo Altemps (Piazza Navona), Rome
Remains transferred from Vatican Hill to the Cemetery of Callixtus and possibly again thereafter; sarcophagus which may once have contained remains is extant in the Palazzo Altemps
· 1st–5th centuries › 3rd century
Lucius ISaint Lucius
Lucius ISaint Lucius
Pontificate
25 June 253 – 5 March 254
Common English name
Lucius ISaint Lucius
Image
Location
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome
Notes
Transferred from the Catacomb of Callixtus to one or more of: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, San Silvestro in Capite, and Santa Prassede; sarcophagus that once held remains is extant in the crypt of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
CaiusSaint Caius
CaiusSaint Caius
Pontificate
17 December 283 – 22 April 296
Common English name
CaiusSaint Caius
Image
Location
Sant'Andrea della Valle (Barberini chapel), Rome
Notes
Translated from the crypt of St. Eusebius in the Cemetery of Callixtus to San Silvestre in Capite, then to another church, then to the private chapel of the Barberini princes in Sant'Andrea della Valle
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
25 June 253 – 5 March 254
Lucius ISaint Lucius
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome
Transferred from the Catacomb of Callixtus to one or more of: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, San Silvestro in Capite, and Santa Prassede; sarcophagus that once held remains is extant in the crypt of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
17 December 283 – 22 April 296
CaiusSaint Caius
Sant'Andrea della Valle (Barberini chapel), Rome
Translated from the crypt of St. Eusebius in the Cemetery of Callixtus to San Silvestre in Capite, then to another church, then to the private chapel of the Barberini princes in Sant'Andrea della Valle
· 1st–5th centuries › 4th century
MarkSaint Mark
MarkSaint Mark
Pontificate
18 January 336 – 7 October 336
Common English name
MarkSaint Mark
Image
Location
San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio, Rome
Notes
Translated from the Catacomb of Balbina, one of the Catacombs of Rome, to an urn below the main altar of San Marco
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
18 January 336 – 7 October 336
MarkSaint Mark
San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio, Rome
Translated from the Catacomb of Balbina, one of the Catacombs of Rome, to an urn below the main altar of San Marco
· 1st–5th centuries › 5th century
Leo ISaint LeoLeo the Great
Leo ISaint LeoLeo the Great
Pontificate
29 September 440 – 10 November 461
Common English name
Leo ISaint LeoLeo the Great
Image
Sculptor
Alessandro Algardi (relief)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Notes
First pope buried on the porch of Old St. Peter's Basilica; translated multiple times, combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855; removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured)
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
29 September 440 – 10 November 461
Leo ISaint LeoLeo the Great
Alessandro Algardi (relief)
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
First pope buried on the porch of Old St. Peter's Basilica; translated multiple times, combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855; removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured)
· 6th–10th centuries › 6th century
Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint GregoryGregory the Great
Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint GregoryGregory the Great
Pontificate
3 September 590 – 12 March 604
Common English name
Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint GregoryGregory the Great
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in the portico of Old St. Peter's, partly transferred to Soissons; during the demolition of St. Peter's, transferred to Sant'Andrea della Valle then Cappella Clementina, near the entrance of the modern St. Peter's
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
3 September 590 – 12 March 604
Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint GregoryGregory the Great
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in the portico of Old St. Peter's, partly transferred to Soissons; during the demolition of St. Peter's, transferred to Sant'Andrea della Valle then Cappella Clementina, near the entrance of the modern St. Peter's
· 6th–10th centuries › 7th century
Sabinian
Sabinian
Pontificate
13 September 604 – 22 February 606
Common English name
Sabinian
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Original monument in the atrium of Old St. Peter's destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; small fragment of the original epitaph remains in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica
Boniface IV, O.S.B.Saint Boniface
Boniface IV, O.S.B.Saint Boniface
Pontificate
25 August 608 – 8 May 615
Common English name
Boniface IV, O.S.B.Saint Boniface
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Baslica
Notes
Originally buried in the portico of Old St. Peter's; translated to the interior; one arm translated to Santa Maria in Cosmedin; other relics translated to the Chapel of St. Sylvester beside the Church of the Quattro Coronati; remainder translated to another chapel of St. Peter's; oratory which once contained the tomb is extant, as well as a sketch of the tomb by Ciampini
Leo IISaint Leo II
Leo IISaint Leo II
Pontificate
December 681 – 3 July 683
Common English name
Leo IISaint Leo II
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Notes
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; translated under the altar of the Chapel of the Madonna della Colonna; combined with Leo I in the early seventeenth century; for centuries believed to be under the altar of the Church of San Stefano in Ferrara; combined remains of Leos I, II, and IV found during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
13 September 604 – 22 February 606
Sabinian
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Original monument in the atrium of Old St. Peter's destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; small fragment of the original epitaph remains in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica
25 August 608 – 8 May 615
Boniface IV, O.S.B.Saint Boniface
Unknown
St. Peter's Baslica
Originally buried in the portico of Old St. Peter's; translated to the interior; one arm translated to Santa Maria in Cosmedin; other relics translated to the Chapel of St. Sylvester beside the Church of the Quattro Coronati; remainder translated to another chapel of St. Peter's; oratory which once contained the tomb is extant, as well as a sketch of the tomb by Ciampini
December 681 – 3 July 683
Leo IISaint Leo II
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; translated under the altar of the Chapel of the Madonna della Colonna; combined with Leo I in the early seventeenth century; for centuries believed to be under the altar of the Church of San Stefano in Ferrara; combined remains of Leos I, II, and IV found during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
· 6th–10th centuries › 8th century
Adrian I
Adrian I
Pontificate
1 February 772 – 26 December 795
Common English name
Adrian I
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Original monument in the Oratory of Cathedra Petri destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; inscription, composed by Charlemagne, remains in the portico of modern St. Peter's
Leo IIISaint Leo
Leo IIISaint Leo
Pontificate
26 December 795 – 12 June 816
Common English name
Leo IIISaint Leo
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Notes
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; combined with Leo II and IV by Pope Paschal II; combined sarcophagus destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; combined with Leo I in 1601 and placed in a sarcophagus under the altar of our Savior della Colonna in new St. Peter's
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
1 February 772 – 26 December 795
Adrian I
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Original monument in the Oratory of Cathedra Petri destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; inscription, composed by Charlemagne, remains in the portico of modern St. Peter's
26 December 795 – 12 June 816
Leo IIISaint Leo
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; combined with Leo II and IV by Pope Paschal II; combined sarcophagus destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; combined with Leo I in 1601 and placed in a sarcophagus under the altar of our Savior della Colonna in new St. Peter's
· 6th–10th centuries › 9th century
Leo IV, O.S.B.Saint Leo
Leo IV, O.S.B.Saint Leo
Pontificate
January 847 – 17 July 855
Common English name
Leo IV, O.S.B.Saint Leo
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Notes
Combined with Leos I, II, and III
Nicholas ISaint NicholasNicholas the Great
Nicholas ISaint NicholasNicholas the Great
Pontificate
24 April 858 – 13 November 867
Common English name
Nicholas ISaint NicholasNicholas the Great
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in the atrium of Old St. Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition of Old St. Peter's, extant in the Vatican grottoes
Adrian II
Adrian II
Pontificate
14 December 867 – 14 December 872
Common English name
Adrian II
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition of Old St. Peter's, still visible in the Vatican grottoes
Adrian IIISaint Adrian
Adrian IIISaint Adrian
Pontificate
17 May 884 – c.September 885
Common English name
Adrian IIISaint Adrian
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Nonantola Abbey, Modena
Notes
Crypt altar
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
January 847 – 17 July 855
Leo IV, O.S.B.Saint Leo
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica, Chapel of the Madonna of Partorienti
Combined with Leos I, II, and III
24 April 858 – 13 November 867
Nicholas ISaint NicholasNicholas the Great
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in the atrium of Old St. Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition of Old St. Peter's, extant in the Vatican grottoes
14 December 867 – 14 December 872
Adrian II
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in Old St. Peter's; epitaph partially preserved during the demolition of Old St. Peter's, still visible in the Vatican grottoes
17 May 884 – c.September 885
Adrian IIISaint Adrian
Unknown
Nonantola Abbey, Modena
Crypt altar
· 6th–10th centuries › 10th century
Benedict VII
Benedict VII
Pontificate
October 974 – 10 July 983
Common English name
Benedict VII
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Notes
Funerary inscription embedded in the wall near the entrance
Gregory V
Gregory V
Pontificate
3 May 996 – 18 February 999
Common English name
Gregory V
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Tomb discovered on August 14, 1607 under the pavement of St. Peter's; exhumed and reburied on January 15, 1609 in a fourth/fifth century sarcophagus
Sylvester II
Sylvester II
Pontificate
2 April 999 – 12 May 1003
Common English name
Sylvester II
Image
Sculptor
Gzila Nalder and Giuseppe Damko
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Destroyed in the Lateran fire of 1308; charred remains were collected and buried in a polyandrum in the same basilica; epitaph reingraved on a cenotaph in the same basilica; modern monument created in 1910
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
October 974 – 10 July 983
Benedict VII
Unknown
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Funerary inscription embedded in the wall near the entrance
3 May 996 – 18 February 999
Gregory V
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Tomb discovered on August 14, 1607 under the pavement of St. Peter's; exhumed and reburied on January 15, 1609 in a fourth/fifth century sarcophagus
2 April 999 – 12 May 1003
Sylvester II
Gzila Nalder and Giuseppe Damko
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Destroyed in the Lateran fire of 1308; charred remains were collected and buried in a polyandrum in the same basilica; epitaph reingraved on a cenotaph in the same basilica; modern monument created in 1910
· 11th–15th centuries › 11th century
Sergius IV
Sergius IV
Pontificate
31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012
Common English name
Sergius IV
Image
Sculptor
Francesco Borromini
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Original destroyed in a fire in either 1308 or 1361; remains collected in a polyandrum in the same basilica; new cenotaph placed on the right side of the main nave by Borromini in the seventeenth century
Clement II
Clement II
Pontificate
24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047
Common English name
Clement II
Image
Sculptor
"Reims workshop"
Location
Bamberg Cathedral
Notes
Only extant papal tomb outside of Italy and France; original completed circa 1237, dismantled in the seventeenth century, separating the tomb-chest and effigy; tomb-chest constructed with marble from Kärnten
Damasus II
Damasus II
Pontificate
17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048
Common English name
Damasus II
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Notes
Sarcophagus in the portico
Leo IXSaint Leo
Leo IXSaint Leo
Pontificate
12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054
Common English name
Leo IXSaint Leo
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in the east wall of Old St. Peter's, close to the altar of Gregory I; coffin opened on January 11, 1606 during the demolition of Old St. Peter's and parts were taken as relics; remainder reburied under the altar of Saints Marziale and Valeria, now dedicated to the Crucifixion of St. Peter.
Gregory VII, O.S.B.Saint Gregory
Gregory VII, O.S.B.Saint Gregory
Pontificate
22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085
Common English name
Gregory VII, O.S.B.Saint Gregory
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Salerno Cathedral
Notes
Originally buried in the Church of St. Matthew; discovered in 1573, opened in 1578, reburied beneath the Salerno altar; opened again in 1605 (head taken to Cathedral of Soana; corpse translated to chapel of the Crociata); original sarcophagus placed in transept in 1954
Victor III, O.S.B.Blessed Victor
Victor III, O.S.B.Blessed Victor
Pontificate
24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087
Common English name
Victor III, O.S.B.Blessed Victor
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Notes
Translated in 1515 to the altar in the chapel of St. Bertharius, then the chapel of St. Victor; transferred from Monte Cassino during World War II to San Paolo fuori le Mura, avoiding the aerial bombing that destroyed the original chapel; returned to the rebuilt basilica of Monte Cassino in 1963
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012
Sergius IV
Francesco Borromini
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Original destroyed in a fire in either 1308 or 1361; remains collected in a polyandrum in the same basilica; new cenotaph placed on the right side of the main nave by Borromini in the seventeenth century
24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047
Clement II
"Reims workshop"
Bamberg Cathedral
Only extant papal tomb outside of Italy and France; original completed circa 1237, dismantled in the seventeenth century, separating the tomb-chest and effigy; tomb-chest constructed with marble from Kärnten
17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048
Damasus II
Unknown
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Sarcophagus in the portico
12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054
Leo IXSaint Leo
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in the east wall of Old St. Peter's, close to the altar of Gregory I; coffin opened on January 11, 1606 during the demolition of Old St. Peter's and parts were taken as relics; remainder reburied under the altar of Saints Marziale and Valeria, now dedicated to the Crucifixion of St. Peter.
22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085
Gregory VII, O.S.B.Saint Gregory
Unknown
Salerno Cathedral
Originally buried in the Church of St. Matthew; discovered in 1573, opened in 1578, reburied beneath the Salerno altar; opened again in 1605 (head taken to Cathedral of Soana; corpse translated to chapel of the Crociata); original sarcophagus placed in transept in 1954
24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087
Victor III, O.S.B.Blessed Victor
Unknown
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Translated in 1515 to the altar in the chapel of St. Bertharius, then the chapel of St. Victor; transferred from Monte Cassino during World War II to San Paolo fuori le Mura, avoiding the aerial bombing that destroyed the original chapel; returned to the rebuilt basilica of Monte Cassino in 1963
· 11th–15th centuries › 12th century
Gelasius II, O.S.B.
Gelasius II, O.S.B.
Pontificate
24 January 1118 – 28 January 1119
Common English name
Gelasius II, O.S.B.
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Cluny Abbey
Notes
Tuscan-style bright marble tomb destroyed in 1792 during the French Revolution; fragments remain
Innocent II, Can. Reg.
Innocent II, Can. Reg.
Pontificate
14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143
Common English name
Innocent II, Can. Reg.
Image
Sculptor
Vespignani (design)
Location
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Notes
Originally buried in the porphyry sarcophagus of Emperor Hadrian in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran; damaged during the fire of 1308 and moved to the vestibule; moved to a simple slab in the fifteenth century; moved to Santa Maria Trastevere
Anastasius IV
Anastasius IV
Pontificate
8 July 1153 – 3 December 1154
Common English name
Anastasius IV
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Vatican Museum
Notes
Reused the sarcophagus of Helena of Constantinople, Constantine's mother; only tomb to survive the Lateran fires of 1308 and 1361 (restored fully in 1509); moved to the treasury of the Vatican Museum in the nineteenth century
Adrian IV, Can. Reg.
Adrian IV, Can. Reg.
Pontificate
4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159
Common English name
Adrian IV, Can. Reg.
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Reused an Early Christian sarcophagus
Alexander III
Alexander III
Pontificate
7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181
Common English name
Alexander III
Image
Sculptor
Francesco Borromini
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Ruined by mob graffiti and then destroyed in the Lateran fire of 1308 or 1361; new cenotaph raised in seventeenth century
Lucius III
Lucius III
Pontificate
1 September 1181 – 25 November 1185
Common English name
Lucius III
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Verona Cathedral
Notes
Originally buried in a marble sarcophagus in front of the high altar; moved beneath the pavement under a red Veronese marble slab during the reign of bishop Gilberti (1524–1543); damaged during a storm on February 25, 1879; recovered with marble thereafter and original slab hung on the wall of the Cathedral
Urban III
Urban III
Pontificate
25 November 1185 – 19 October 1187
Common English name
Urban III
Image
Sculptor
G.B. Boffa (modern cenotaph)
Location
Ferrara Cathedral
Notes
Moved several times; original tomb replaced with cenotaph in fifteenth century
Innocent III
Innocent III
Pontificate
8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216
Common English name
Innocent III
Image
Sculptor
Giuseppe Lucchetti
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Originally buried in the Perugia Cathedral; moved several times within the Cathedral, and temporarily combined with Urban IV and Martin IV, before being transferred to Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in 1891
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
24 January 1118 – 28 January 1119
Gelasius II, O.S.B.
Unknown
Cluny Abbey
Tuscan-style bright marble tomb destroyed in 1792 during the French Revolution; fragments remain
14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143
Innocent II, Can. Reg.
Vespignani (design)
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Originally buried in the porphyry sarcophagus of Emperor Hadrian in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran; damaged during the fire of 1308 and moved to the vestibule; moved to a simple slab in the fifteenth century; moved to Santa Maria Trastevere
8 July 1153 – 3 December 1154
Anastasius IV
Unknown
Vatican Museum
Reused the sarcophagus of Helena of Constantinople, Constantine's mother; only tomb to survive the Lateran fires of 1308 and 1361 (restored fully in 1509); moved to the treasury of the Vatican Museum in the nineteenth century
4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159
Adrian IV, Can. Reg.
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Reused an Early Christian sarcophagus
7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181
Alexander III
Francesco Borromini
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Ruined by mob graffiti and then destroyed in the Lateran fire of 1308 or 1361; new cenotaph raised in seventeenth century
1 September 1181 – 25 November 1185
Lucius III
Unknown
Verona Cathedral
Originally buried in a marble sarcophagus in front of the high altar; moved beneath the pavement under a red Veronese marble slab during the reign of bishop Gilberti (1524–1543); damaged during a storm on February 25, 1879; recovered with marble thereafter and original slab hung on the wall of the Cathedral
25 November 1185 – 19 October 1187
Urban III
Boffa (modern cenotaph)
Ferrara Cathedral
Moved several times; original tomb replaced with cenotaph in fifteenth century
8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216
Innocent III
Giuseppe Lucchetti
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Originally buried in the Perugia Cathedral; moved several times within the Cathedral, and temporarily combined with Urban IV and Martin IV, before being transferred to Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in 1891
· 11th–15th centuries › 13th century
Innocent IV
Innocent IV
Pontificate
25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254
Common English name
Innocent IV
Image
Sculptor
Tommaso Malvito
Location
Naples Cathedral
Notes
Original, commissioned by archbishop Humbert of Montauro, almost completely destroyed; the recumbent figure (with the anachronistic round top tiara) and above reliefs were added in the sixteenth century
Urban IV
Urban IV
Pontificate
29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264
Common English name
Urban IV
Sculptor
Giovanni Pisano (original)
Location
Perugia Cathedral
Notes
Destroyed in the late fourteenth century, save the epitaph which is currently in the Civic Museum of Perugia; combined with Innocent III and Martin IV in 1587 and interred in the sacristy; Innocent III's remains were transferred to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the late nineteenth century, but the iron casket is extant in the sacristy of the Perugia Cathedral; possibly translated to the Troyes Cathedral in 1901
Clement IV
Clement IV
Pontificate
5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268
Common English name
Clement IV
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Oderisi
Location
San Francesco (Viterbo)
Notes
Translated from Santa Maria in Gradi
Gregory XBlessed Gregory
Gregory XBlessed Gregory
Pontificate
1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276
Common English name
Gregory XBlessed Gregory
Image
Sculptor
Margaritone d'Arezzo
Location
Arezzo Cathedral
Notes
Original body and sarcophagus are extant
Adrian V
Adrian V
Pontificate
11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276
Common English name
Adrian V
Image
Sculptor
Arnolfo di Cambio (possibly Pietro Vassalletto)
Location
San Francesco (Viterbo)
Notes
Modified in 1994
John XXI
John XXI
Pontificate
8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277
Common English name
John XXI
Image
Sculptor
Filippo Gnaccarini
Location
Viterbo Cathedral
Notes
Original destroyed in the sixteenth century, no longer extant; new monument constructed in the 19th century and damaged during World War II, of which a sarcophagus and other fragments remain
Nicholas III
Nicholas III
Pontificate
25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280
Common English name
Nicholas III
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Original destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; combined with two Rainaldo Orsinis in 1620
Martin IV
Martin IV
Pontificate
22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285
Common English name
Martin IV
Sculptor
Giovanni Pisano
Location
Perugia Cathedral
Notes
Original tomb destroyed by 1375; reconstructed and redestroyed by the end of the fourteenth century; combined with Popes Urban IV and Innocent III in 1587; Innocent III's remains were transferred to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the late nineteenth century, but the iron casket containing Martin IV and possibly Urban IV is extant in the sacristy of the Perugia Cathedral
Honorius IV
Honorius IV
Pontificate
2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287
Common English name
Honorius IV
Image
Sculptor
Arnolfo di Cambio (disputed)
Location
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Notes
Original destroyed early in the demolition of Old St. Peter's; baldecchio destroyed and replaced in 1727 Relocated from Old St. Peter's to Santa Maria in Ara Coeli in 1545; the inscription dates it to 1288. Its attribution to Arnolfo di Cambio has been contested, and according to Cellini is a result of the confusion with Honorius III's tomb.
Nicholas IV, O.F.M.
Nicholas IV, O.F.M.
Pontificate
22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292
Common English name
Nicholas IV, O.F.M.
Image
Sculptor
Domenico Fontana (design)Leonardo da Sarzana (sculptor)Leonardo Sormani (figures)
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
Originally buried in a simple urn; mausoleum commissioned in the late sixteenth century
Celestine V, O.S.B.Saint Celestine
Celestine V, O.S.B.Saint Celestine
Pontificate
5 July 1294 – 13 December 1294
Common English name
Celestine V, O.S.B.Saint Celestine
Image
Sculptor
Girolamo Pittoni da Vicenza
Location
Santa Maria di Collemaggio (L'Aquila)
Notes
Originally buried in Church of St. Anthony; moved to Church of St. Agatha; stolen in 1327 by L'Aquilan friars; damaged in the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
Boniface VIII
Boniface VIII
Pontificate
24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303
Common English name
Boniface VIII
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Original tomb chapel, into which Boniface VIII had moved the relics of Boniface IV, destroyed
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254
Innocent IV
Tommaso Malvito
Naples Cathedral
Original, commissioned by archbishop Humbert of Montauro, almost completely destroyed; the recumbent figure (with the anachronistic round top tiara) and above reliefs were added in the sixteenth century
29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264
Urban IV
Giovanni Pisano (original)
Perugia Cathedral
Destroyed in the late fourteenth century, save the epitaph which is currently in the Civic Museum of Perugia; combined with Innocent III and Martin IV in 1587 and interred in the sacristy; Innocent III's remains were transferred to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the late nineteenth century, but the iron casket is extant in the sacristy of the Perugia Cathedral; possibly translated to the Troyes Cathedral in 1901
5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268
Clement IV
Pietro Oderisi
San Francesco (Viterbo)
Translated from Santa Maria in Gradi
1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276
Gregory XBlessed Gregory
Margaritone d'Arezzo
Arezzo Cathedral
Original body and sarcophagus are extant
11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276
Adrian V
Arnolfo di Cambio (possibly Pietro Vassalletto)
San Francesco (Viterbo)
Modified in 1994
8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277
John XXI
Filippo Gnaccarini
Viterbo Cathedral
Original destroyed in the sixteenth century, no longer extant; new monument constructed in the 19th century and damaged during World War II, of which a sarcophagus and other fragments remain
25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280
Nicholas III
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Original destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; combined with two Rainaldo Orsinis in 1620
22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285
Martin IV
Giovanni Pisano
Perugia Cathedral
Original tomb destroyed by 1375; reconstructed and redestroyed by the end of the fourteenth century; combined with Popes Urban IV and Innocent III in 1587; Innocent III's remains were transferred to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the late nineteenth century, but the iron casket containing Martin IV and possibly Urban IV is extant in the sacristy of the Perugia Cathedral
2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287
Honorius IV
Arnolfo di Cambio (disputed)
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Original destroyed early in the demolition of Old St. Peter's; baldecchio destroyed and replaced in 1727 Relocated from Old St. Peter's to Santa Maria in Ara Coeli in 1545; the inscription dates it to 1288. Its attribution to Arnolfo di Cambio has been contested, and according to Cellini is a result of the confusion with Honorius III's tomb.
22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292
Nicholas IV, O.F.M.
Domenico Fontana (design)Leonardo da Sarzana (sculptor)Leonardo Sormani (figures)
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Originally buried in a simple urn; mausoleum commissioned in the late sixteenth century
5 July 1294 – 13 December 1294
Celestine V, O.S.B.Saint Celestine
Girolamo Pittoni da Vicenza
Santa Maria di Collemaggio (L'Aquila)
Originally buried in Church of St. Anthony; moved to Church of St. Agatha; stolen in 1327 by L'Aquilan friars; damaged in the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303
Boniface VIII
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Original tomb chapel, into which Boniface VIII had moved the relics of Boniface IV, destroyed
· 11th–15th centuries › 14th century
Benedict XI, O.P.Blessed Benedict
Benedict XI, O.P.Blessed Benedict
Pontificate
22 October 1303 – 7 July 1304
Common English name
Benedict XI, O.P.Blessed Benedict
Image
Sculptor
Giovanni Pisano
Location
Basilica of San Domenico (Perugia)
Notes
Wall tomb and ossuary
Clement V
Clement V
Pontificate
5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314
Common English name
Clement V
Image
Sculptor
Jehan de Bonneval
Location
Collegiate church (Uzeste)
John XXII
John XXII
Pontificate
7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334
Common English name
John XXII
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Avignon Cathedral
Notes
Moved several times within the Cathedral's chapels; all 60 statuettes have been stolen, head of effigy is originally from another bishop's tomb; damaged badly during French Revolution
Benedict XII, O.Cist.
Benedict XII, O.Cist.
Pontificate
20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342
Common English name
Benedict XII, O.Cist.
Image
Sculptor
Jean Lavenier
Location
Avignon Cathedral
Notes
Bust of Benedict XII in the St. Peter's Basilica grottoes; fragments of original in Fondation Calvet
Clement VI
Clement VI
Pontificate
7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352
Common English name
Clement VI
Image
Sculptor
Pierre Boye, Jean Sanholis, and Jean David
Location
Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu
Notes
Sculpted weepers in Musée Crozatier, Le Puy; sculpted angel in Musée de Petit-Palais, Avignon
Innocent VI
Innocent VI
Pontificate
18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362
Common English name
Innocent VI
Image
Sculptor
Beltran Nogayrol
Location
Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)
Urban V, O.S.B.Blessed Urban V
Urban V, O.S.B.Blessed Urban V
Pontificate
28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370
Common English name
Urban V, O.S.B.Blessed Urban V
Image
Sculptor
Joglarii
Location
Abbey of St. Victor (Marseille)
Notes
Effigy in Musée de Petit-Palais, Avignon
Gregory XI
Gregory XI
Pontificate
30 December 1370 – 26 March 1378
Common English name
Gregory XI
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Paolo Olivieri
Location
Santa Francesca Romana
Notes
Original Olivieri relief carved in 1584 (drawing above); replica located in Palais des Papes
Urban VI
Urban VI
Pontificate
8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389
Common English name
Urban VI
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Saved during the deconstruction of Old St. Peter's; nearly dumped by workmen for use as a water trough
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
22 October 1303 – 7 July 1304
Benedict XI, O.P.Blessed Benedict
Giovanni Pisano
Basilica of San Domenico (Perugia)
Wall tomb and ossuary
5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314
Clement V
Jehan de Bonneval
Collegiate church (Uzeste)
7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334
John XXII
Unknown
Avignon Cathedral
Moved several times within the Cathedral's chapels; all 60 statuettes have been stolen, head of effigy is originally from another bishop's tomb; damaged badly during French Revolution
20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342
Benedict XII, O.Cist.
Jean Lavenier
Avignon Cathedral
Bust of Benedict XII in the St. Peter's Basilica grottoes; fragments of original in Fondation Calvet
7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352
Clement VI
Pierre Boye, Jean Sanholis, and Jean David
Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu
Sculpted weepers in Musée Crozatier, Le Puy; sculpted angel in Musée de Petit-Palais, Avignon
18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362
Innocent VI
Beltran Nogayrol
Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)
28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370
Urban V, O.S.B.Blessed Urban V
Joglarii
Abbey of St. Victor (Marseille)
Effigy in Musée de Petit-Palais, Avignon
30 December 1370 – 26 March 1378
Gregory XI
Pietro Paolo Olivieri
Santa Francesca Romana
Original Olivieri relief carved in 1584 (drawing above); replica located in Palais des Papes
8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389
Urban VI
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Saved during the deconstruction of Old St. Peter's; nearly dumped by workmen for use as a water trough
· 11th–15th centuries › 15th century
Innocent VII
Innocent VII
Pontificate
17 October 1404 – 6 November 1406
Common English name
Innocent VII
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul, moved to the Chapel of St. Thomas in 1455, moved into a mid-fifteenth century copy of the original sarcophagus on September 12, 1606
Gregory XII
Gregory XII
Pontificate
30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415
Common English name
Gregory XII
Image
Sculptor
Camillo Rusconi
Location
San Flaviano (Recanati)
Notes
Cardinal at the time of his death, due to his resignation during the Council of Constance; Moved in 1623, 1760, and 1793; illustrations of an "original" tomb (pictured) have been deemed fabrications by historians; last papal tomb outside Rome (cf. Tomb of Antipope John XXIII); original sarcophagus extant
Martin V
Martin V
Pontificate
11 November 1417 – 20 February 1431
Common English name
Martin V
Image
Sculptor
Simone Ghini
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Moved in front of the high altar in 1853
Eugene IV, Can. Reg.
Eugene IV, Can. Reg.
Pontificate
3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447
Common English name
Eugene IV, Can. Reg.
Image
Sculptor
Iaia da Piso and Pellegrino di Antonio da Viterbo
Location
San Salvatore in Lauro
Notes
Moved out of Old St. Peter's before its demolition
Nicholas V, O.P.
Nicholas V, O.P.
Pontificate
6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455
Common English name
Nicholas V, O.P.
Image
Sculptor
Mino da Fiesole
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Moved from the left outer aisle of Old St. Peter's to the right outer aisle; monument (not sarcophagus) destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
Callixtus III
Callixtus III
Pontificate
8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458
Common English name
Callixtus III
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally located in Chapel of St. Mary della febbre; monument, but not sarcophagus, destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
Santa Maria in Monserrato
Santa Maria in Monserrato
Pontificate
Common English name
Santa Maria in Monserrato
Image
Remains later combined with Alexander VI
Pius II
Pius II
Pontificate
19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464
Common English name
Pius II
Image
Sculptor
Paolo Romano
Location
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Notes
Heart enshrined in the Duomo of Ancona; originally buried in the Chapel of St. Andrews in St. Peter's; moved to San Andrea della Valle in 1614
Paul II
Paul II
Pontificate
30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471
Common English name
Paul II
Image
Sculptor
Giovanni Dalmata (effigy)Mino da Fiesole (figures and bas-reliefs)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Monument moved in 1544 and torn down in seventeenth century; sarcophagus survived demolition of Old St. Peter's
Sixtus IV, O.F.M.
Sixtus IV, O.F.M.
Pontificate
9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484
Common English name
Sixtus IV, O.F.M.
Sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Location
Treasury Museum of St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally located in the choir chapel of Old St. Peter's; moved in 1610 to the sacristy; moved in 1625 to the Chapel del Coro in new St. Peter's; combined with Julius II in 1926; moved again in 1940s
Innocent VIII
Innocent VIII
Pontificate
29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492
Common English name
Innocent VIII
Image
Sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
First papal tomb to depict a live pope rather than a deathbed effigy; originally placed in the Oratory of Our Lady in Old St. Peter's.
Alexander VI
Alexander VI
Pontificate
11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503
Common English name
Alexander VI
Image
Sculptor
Filippio Moratilla
Location
Santa Maria di Monserrato
Notes
Originally located in the oratory of Saints Cosmas and Damian, in the round chapel of Santa Maria de Febribus; moved in the sixteenth century next to Calixtus III; combined in 1582 in the Chapel of Santa Maria della Febbre; survived demolition of Old St. Peter's but broken up in 1605; urns were taken to Santa Maria di Monserrato; monument in Chapel of St. Diego sculpted in 1881
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
17 October 1404 – 6 November 1406
Innocent VII
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul, moved to the Chapel of St. Thomas in 1455, moved into a mid-fifteenth century copy of the original sarcophagus on September 12, 1606
30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415
Gregory XII
Camillo Rusconi
San Flaviano (Recanati)
Cardinal at the time of his death, due to his resignation during the Council of Constance; Moved in 1623, 1760, and 1793; illustrations of an "original" tomb (pictured) have been deemed fabrications by historians; last papal tomb outside Rome (cf. Tomb of Antipope John XXIII); original sarcophagus extant
11 November 1417 – 20 February 1431
Martin V
Simone Ghini
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Moved in front of the high altar in 1853
3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447
Eugene IV, Can. Reg.
Iaia da Piso and Pellegrino di Antonio da Viterbo
San Salvatore in Lauro
Moved out of Old St. Peter's before its demolition
6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455
Nicholas V, O.P.
Mino da Fiesole
St. Peter's Basilica
Moved from the left outer aisle of Old St. Peter's to the right outer aisle; monument (not sarcophagus) destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458
Callixtus III
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally located in Chapel of St. Mary della febbre; monument, but not sarcophagus, destroyed during the demolition of Old St. Peter's
Filippio Moratilla
Santa Maria in Monserrato
Remains later combined with Alexander VI
19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464
Pius II
Paolo Romano
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Heart enshrined in the Duomo of Ancona; originally buried in the Chapel of St. Andrews in St. Peter's; moved to San Andrea della Valle in 1614
30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471
Paul II
Giovanni Dalmata (effigy)Mino da Fiesole (figures and bas-reliefs)
St. Peter's Basilica
Monument moved in 1544 and torn down in seventeenth century; sarcophagus survived demolition of Old St. Peter's
9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484
Sixtus IV, O.F.M.
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Treasury Museum of St. Peter's Basilica
Originally located in the choir chapel of Old St. Peter's; moved in 1610 to the sacristy; moved in 1625 to the Chapel del Coro in new St. Peter's; combined with Julius II in 1926; moved again in 1940s
29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492
Innocent VIII
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
St. Peter's Basilica
First papal tomb to depict a live pope rather than a deathbed effigy; originally placed in the Oratory of Our Lady in Old St. Peter's.
11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503
Alexander VI
Filippio Moratilla
Santa Maria di Monserrato
Originally located in the oratory of Saints Cosmas and Damian, in the round chapel of Santa Maria de Febribus; moved in the sixteenth century next to Calixtus III; combined in 1582 in the Chapel of Santa Maria della Febbre; survived demolition of Old St. Peter's but broken up in 1605; urns were taken to Santa Maria di Monserrato; monument in Chapel of St. Diego sculpted in 1881
· 16th–21st centuries › 16th century
Pius III
Pius III
Pontificate
22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503
Common English name
Pius III
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally built in Old St. Peter's; last papal mausoleum erected in Old St. Peter's
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Pontificate
Common English name
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Image
Moved to Sant'Andrea della Valle by Paul V
Julius II
Julius II
Pontificate
31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513
Common English name
Julius II
Image
Sculptor
MichelangeloPossible assistants include:Antonello GaginiGiacomo del Duca
Location
San Pietro in Vincoli
Notes
Original, planned tomb—intended for the Cappella Maggiore of St. Peter's—never completed and moved to San Pietro in VincoliSee Tomb of Pope Julius II, Moses and Dying Slave
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
Common English name
St. Peter's Basilica
Image
Actual remains deposited in a simple sarcophagus, combined with Sixtus IV, his uncle
Leo X
Leo X
Pontificate
9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521
Common English name
Leo X
Image
Sculptor
Baccio Bandinelli (design)Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (monument)Raffaello da Montelupo (statue)
Location
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Notes
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1536
Adrian VI
Adrian VI
Pontificate
9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523
Common English name
Adrian VI
Image
Sculptor
Baldassare Peruzzi (design)Michelangelo of Sieno and Niccolò Tribolo (carved)
Location
Santa Maria dell'Anima
Notes
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1533 to the national church of the Holy Roman Empire
Clement VII
Clement VII
Pontificate
26 November 1523 – 25 September 1534
Common English name
Clement VII
Image
Sculptor
Nanni di Baccio Bigio
Location
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Notes
Originally buried in a brick tomb in Old St. Peter's; tomb is across from that of Leo X, another Medici pope
Paul III
Paul III
Pontificate
13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549
Common English name
Paul III
Image
Sculptor
Guglielmo della Porta
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Moved in 1599
Julius III
Julius III
Pontificate
7 February 1550 – 29 March 1555
Common English name
Julius III
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in St. Peter's Basilica sans monument in a red stone sarcophagus in the chapel of San Andrea; reinterred in an ancient sarcophagus in 1608, which was reopened two years later during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; sometimes cited as buried in the Del Monte chapel of San Pietro in Montorio along with his adopted cardinal-nephew, Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte
Marcellus II
Marcellus II
Pontificate
9 April 1555 – 30 April or 1 May 1555
Common English name
Marcellus II
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
No monument; fourth century sarcophagus, bearing a traditio legis
Paul IV
Paul IV
Pontificate
23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559
Common English name
Paul IV
Image
Sculptor
Pirro Ligorio (design)Giacomo da Castignola, Tommaso della Porta, Gian Pietro Annon, and Rocco da Montefiascone (sculpted)
Location
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Pius IV
Pius IV
Pontificate
26 December 1559 – 9 December 1565
Common English name
Pius IV
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
Notes
Moved from Old St. Peter's in 1583; buried under the altar with a nearby wall plaque
Saint Pius V, O.P.
Saint Pius V, O.P.
Pontificate
7 January 1566 – 1 May 1572
Common English name
Saint Pius V, O.P.
Image
Sculptor
Domenico Fontana (design)Leonardo Sormani (effigy)Nicholas Cordier (left and right bas-reliefs)Silla Longhi da Viggiu (center bas-relief)Pierre Le Gros the Younger (design and execution of the sarcophagus)
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1583After the canonisation process was started by Antonin Cloche, the sarcophagus with the body of the saint was added in 1697–98. A flap of gilded bronze, showing the effigy of the pope in shallow relief, is hinged and can be opened to venerate the body of the saint.
Gregory XIII
Gregory XIII
Pontificate
13 May 1572 – 10 April 1585
Common English name
Gregory XIII
Image
Sculptor
Camillo Rusconi
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Original monument destroyed; new monument built in eighteenth century
Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.
Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.
Pontificate
24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590
Common English name
Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.
Image
Sculptor
Domenico Fontana (design)Vasoldo (sculpted)
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Urban VII
Urban VII
Pontificate
15 September 1590 – 27 September 1590
Common English name
Urban VII
Image
Sculptor
Ambrogio Buonvicino
Location
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Gregory XIV
Gregory XIV
Pontificate
5 December 1590 – 15 /16 October 1591
Common English name
Gregory XIV
Sculptor
Prospero Antichi
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Innocent IX
Innocent IX
Pontificate
29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591
Common English name
Innocent IX
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
No monument
Clement VIII
Clement VIII
Pontificate
30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605
Common English name
Clement VIII
Image
Sculptor
Flaminio Ponzio (design)
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
Moved in 1646 to the Borghese Crypt in the Paulline Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore; figure of Clement VIII was carved by Silla da Viggiu and the cornice figures by Pietro Bernini; features "The Peace of Henry IV and Philip III by Ippolito Buzzi and "The Coronation of Clement VIII" by Bernini, "The Canonization of St. Giacinto and St. Raimondo" by Giovanni Antonio Valsolde, "The Occupation of Ferrara" by Ambriogo Bonvicino, and "Invitation of the Troops in Hungary" by Camillo Mariani
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503
Pius III
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally built in Old St. Peter's; last papal mausoleum erected in Old St. Peter's
Sebastiano Ferrucci
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Moved to Sant'Andrea della Valle by Paul V
31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513
Julius II
MichelangeloPossible assistants include:Antonello GaginiGiacomo del Duca
San Pietro in Vincoli
Original, planned tomb—intended for the Cappella Maggiore of St. Peter's—never completed and moved to San Pietro in VincoliSee Tomb of Pope Julius II, Moses and Dying Slave
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Actual remains deposited in a simple sarcophagus, combined with Sixtus IV, his uncle
9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521
Leo X
Baccio Bandinelli (design)Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (monument)Raffaello da Montelupo (statue)
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1536
9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523
Adrian VI
Baldassare Peruzzi (design)Michelangelo of Sieno and Niccolò Tribolo (carved)
Santa Maria dell'Anima
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1533 to the national church of the Holy Roman Empire
26 November 1523 – 25 September 1534
Clement VII
Nanni di Baccio Bigio
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Originally buried in a brick tomb in Old St. Peter's; tomb is across from that of Leo X, another Medici pope
13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549
Paul III
Guglielmo della Porta
St. Peter's Basilica
Moved in 1599
7 February 1550 – 29 March 1555
Julius III
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in St. Peter's Basilica sans monument in a red stone sarcophagus in the chapel of San Andrea; reinterred in an ancient sarcophagus in 1608, which was reopened two years later during the demolition of Old St. Peter's; sometimes cited as buried in the Del Monte chapel of San Pietro in Montorio along with his adopted cardinal-nephew, Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte
9 April 1555 – 30 April or 1 May 1555
Marcellus II
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
No monument; fourth century sarcophagus, bearing a traditio legis
23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559
Paul IV
Pirro Ligorio (design)Giacomo da Castignola, Tommaso della Porta, Gian Pietro Annon, and Rocco da Montefiascone (sculpted)
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
26 December 1559 – 9 December 1565
Pius IV
Unknown
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
Moved from Old St. Peter's in 1583; buried under the altar with a nearby wall plaque
7 January 1566 – 1 May 1572
Saint Pius V, O.P.
Domenico Fontana (design)Leonardo Sormani (effigy)Nicholas Cordier (left and right bas-reliefs)Silla Longhi da Viggiu (center bas-relief)Pierre Le Gros the Younger (design and execution of the sarcophagus)
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Translated from Old St. Peter's in 1583After the canonisation process was started by Antonin Cloche, the sarcophagus with the body of the saint was added in 1697–98. A flap of gilded bronze, showing the effigy of the pope in shallow relief, is hinged and can be opened to venerate the body of the saint.
13 May 1572 – 10 April 1585
Gregory XIII
Camillo Rusconi
St. Peter's Basilica
Original monument destroyed; new monument built in eighteenth century
24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590
Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv.
Domenico Fontana (design)Vasoldo (sculpted)
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
15 September 1590 – 27 September 1590
Urban VII
Ambrogio Buonvicino
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
5 December 1590 – 15 /16 October 1591
Gregory XIV
Prospero Antichi
St. Peter's Basilica
29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591
Innocent IX
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
No monument
30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605
Clement VIII
Flaminio Ponzio (design)
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Moved in 1646 to the Borghese Crypt in the Paulline Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore; figure of Clement VIII was carved by Silla da Viggiu and the cornice figures by Pietro Bernini; features "The Peace of Henry IV and Philip III by Ippolito Buzzi and "The Coronation of Clement VIII" by Bernini, "The Canonization of St. Giacinto and St. Raimondo" by Giovanni Antonio Valsolde, "The Occupation of Ferrara" by Ambriogo Bonvicino, and "Invitation of the Troops in Hungary" by Camillo Mariani
· 16th–21st centuries › 17th century
Leo XI
Leo XI
Pontificate
1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605
Common English name
Leo XI
Image
Sculptor
Alessandro Algardi (pope and sarcophagus)Ercole Ferrata (Prudence)Giuseppe Peroni (Liberty)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Paul V
Paul V
Pontificate
16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621
Common English name
Paul V
Image
Sculptor
Flaminio Ponzio (design)Silla da Viggiu (figure of pope)Stefano Moderna, Ambrogio Bonvicinio, Ippolito Buzzi, Cristoforo Stati, and Antonio Valsoldo (reliefs)Pompeo Ferucci (cornice figures)
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
Moved from the Borghese Chapel of St. Peter's to the Pauline chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore
Gregory XV
Gregory XV
Pontificate
9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623
Common English name
Gregory XV
Image
Sculptor
Pierre Le Gros the Younger (design and execution)Pierre-Étienne Monnot (sculpted the two Famae from designs by Le Gros))
Location
Sant'Ignazio
Notes
Uniquely combines the pope's tomb with that of his cardinal-nephew, Ludovico Ludovisi.According to Reardon the pope was originally buried in the Quirinal Palace and his remains moved to Sant'Ignazio in 1634.The monument was created c. 1709–14.
Urban VIII
Urban VIII
Pontificate
6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644
Common English name
Urban VIII
Image
Sculptor
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Innocent X
Innocent X
Pontificate
15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655
Common English name
Innocent X
Image
Sculptor
G. Valvassori and G.B. Maini
Location
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Notes
Cenotaph featuring the Virtues (left) and Strength (right) erected in 1730
Alexander VII
Alexander VII
Pontificate
7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667
Common English name
Alexander VII
Image
Sculptor
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (monument)Michele Maglia (figure of pope)Giuseppe Mazzuoli (Charity)Lazzaro Morelli and Giulio Catani (Truth)Giuseppe Baratta and Giulio Cartari (Prudence)Giulio Catani (Justice)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Sculpted between 1672 and 1678; Charity's breast's covered by Innocent XISee Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
Clement IX
Clement IX
Pontificate
20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669
Common English name
Clement IX
Image
Sculptor
Ercole Ferrata
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
Moved from St. Peter's in 1675; figures are Clement IX (by Girolamo Rainaldi), Charity (by Ferrata), and Truth (by Cosimo Fancelli)
Clement X
Clement X
Pontificate
29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676
Common English name
Clement X
Image
Sculptor
Mattia de' Rossi (design)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Figures are Clement X (by Ercole Ferrata), Clemency (by Giuseppe Mazzuoli), Goodness (by Lazzaro Morelli), and two putti (by Filippo Carcani)
Innocent XIBlessed Innocent XI
Innocent XIBlessed Innocent XI
Pontificate
21 September 1676 – 11/12 August 1689
Common English name
Innocent XIBlessed Innocent XI
Image
Sculptor
C. Maratta (design)Pierre Etienne Monnot (sculpted)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Featured the pope with the Virtue Truth and the Goddess Athena; bas-relief on the sarcophagus reads "The Liberation of Vienna"
Separate glass sarcophagus moved under the altar of the Transfiguration after his body was removed from the altar of Saint Sebastian in 2011
Separate glass sarcophagus moved under the altar of the Transfiguration after his body was removed from the altar of Saint Sebastian in 2011
Pontificate
Common English name
Separate glass sarcophagus moved under the altar of the Transfiguration after his body was removed from the altar of Saint Sebastian in 2011
Alexander VIII
Alexander VIII
Pontificate
6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691
Common English name
Alexander VIII
Image
Sculptor
Angelo de Rossi
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Innocent XII
Innocent XII
Pontificate
12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700
Common English name
Innocent XII
Image
Sculptor
Filippo della Valle and Ferdinando Fuga
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Moved from the tribune to the left transept in the late eighteenth century by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli; originally buried in a simple marble sarcophagus in the Chapel of the Sacrament; present monument completed in 1746; features the pope bestowing the benediction with Charity (left) and Justice (right)
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605
Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi (pope and sarcophagus)Ercole Ferrata (Prudence)Giuseppe Peroni (Liberty)
St. Peter's Basilica
16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621
Paul V
Flaminio Ponzio (design)Silla da Viggiu (figure of pope)Stefano Moderna, Ambrogio Bonvicinio, Ippolito Buzzi, Cristoforo Stati, and Antonio Valsoldo (reliefs)Pompeo Ferucci (cornice figures)
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Moved from the Borghese Chapel of St. Peter's to the Pauline chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore
9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623
Gregory XV
Pierre Le Gros the Younger (design and execution)Pierre-Étienne Monnot (sculpted the two Famae from designs by Le Gros))
Sant'Ignazio
Uniquely combines the pope's tomb with that of his cardinal-nephew, Ludovico Ludovisi.According to Reardon the pope was originally buried in the Quirinal Palace and his remains moved to Sant'Ignazio in 1634.The monument was created c. 1709–14.
6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644
Urban VIII
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
St. Peter's Basilica
15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655
Innocent X
G. Valvassori and G.B. Maini
Sant'Agnese in Agone
Cenotaph featuring the Virtues (left) and Strength (right) erected in 1730
7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667
Alexander VII
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (monument)Michele Maglia (figure of pope)Giuseppe Mazzuoli (Charity)Lazzaro Morelli and Giulio Catani (Truth)Giuseppe Baratta and Giulio Cartari (Prudence)Giulio Catani (Justice)
St. Peter's Basilica
Sculpted between 1672 and 1678; Charity's breast's covered by Innocent XISee Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669
Clement IX
Ercole Ferrata
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Moved from St. Peter's in 1675; figures are Clement IX (by Girolamo Rainaldi), Charity (by Ferrata), and Truth (by Cosimo Fancelli)
29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676
Clement X
Mattia de' Rossi (design)
St. Peter's Basilica
Figures are Clement X (by Ercole Ferrata), Clemency (by Giuseppe Mazzuoli), Goodness (by Lazzaro Morelli), and two putti (by Filippo Carcani)
21 September 1676 – 11/12 August 1689
Innocent XIBlessed Innocent XI
C. Maratta (design)Pierre Etienne Monnot (sculpted)
St. Peter's Basilica
Featured the pope with the Virtue Truth and the Goddess Athena; bas-relief on the sarcophagus reads "The Liberation of Vienna"
Unknown
Separate glass sarcophagus moved under the altar of the Transfiguration after his body was removed from the altar of Saint Sebastian in 2011
6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691
Alexander VIII
Angelo de Rossi
St. Peter's Basilica
12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700
Innocent XII
Filippo della Valle and Ferdinando Fuga
St. Peter's Basilica
Moved from the tribune to the left transept in the late eighteenth century by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli; originally buried in a simple marble sarcophagus in the Chapel of the Sacrament; present monument completed in 1746; features the pope bestowing the benediction with Charity (left) and Justice (right)
· 16th–21st centuries › 18th century
Clement XI
Clement XI
Pontificate
23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721
Common English name
Clement XI
Image
Sculptor
Carlo Fontana
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
In the Choir chapel; no monument; cenotaph also placed in Ferrara Cathedral
Innocent XIII
Innocent XIII
Pontificate
8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724
Common English name
Innocent XIII
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Originally buried in a stucco sepulcher in the right nave of St. Peter's; reinterred in an ancient sarcophagus in 1836
Servant of GodBenedict XIII, O.P.
Servant of GodBenedict XIII, O.P.
Pontificate
29 May 1724 – 21 February 1730
Common English name
Servant of GodBenedict XIII, O.P.
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Bracci and Carlo Marchionni
Location
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Notes
Remains were originally with his monument in St. Peter's Basilica
Clement XII
Clement XII
Pontificate
12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740
Common English name
Clement XII
Image
Sculptor
Giovanni Battista Maini
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Benedict XIV
Benedict XIV
Pontificate
17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758
Common English name
Benedict XIV
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Bracci
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Two figures are Knowledge (by Bracci) and Temptation (by Gaspare Sibilla)
Clement XIII
Clement XIII
Pontificate
6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769
Common English name
Clement XIII
Image
Sculptor
Antonio Canova
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv.
Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv.
Pontificate
19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774
Common English name
Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv.
Image
Sculptor
Antonio Canova
Location
Santi Apostoli, Rome
Notes
Moved to Santi Apostoli in 1802
Pius VI
Pius VI
Pontificate
15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799
Common English name
Pius VI
Image
Sculptor
Antonio Canova
Location
Crypt of St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Monument by Antonio Canova, circa 1822
Remains placed in an ancient sarcophagus with a bas-relief of the Adoration of the Magi by Pius XII in 1949 (below); original praecordia monument in the Valence Cathedral sculpted by Massimiliano Laboureur and commissioned by Napoleon
Remains placed in an ancient sarcophagus with a bas-relief of the Adoration of the Magi by Pius XII in 1949 (below); original praecordia monument in the Valence Cathedral sculpted by Massimiliano Laboureur and commissioned by Napoleon
Pontificate
Common English name
Remains placed in an ancient sarcophagus with a bas-relief of the Adoration of the Magi by Pius XII in 1949 (below); original praecordia monument in the Valence Cathedral sculpted by Massimiliano Laboureur and commissioned by Napoleon
Servant of GodPius VII, O.S.B.
Servant of GodPius VII, O.S.B.
Pontificate
14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823
Common English name
Servant of GodPius VII, O.S.B.
Image
Sculptor
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Commissioned at the expense of Cardinal Consalvi, Pius VII's Secretary of State, it depicts the pope blessing the angels of Time and History, with the onlooking figures of Fortitude (left) and Wisdom (right)
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721
Clement XI
Carlo Fontana
St. Peter's Basilica
In the Choir chapel; no monument; cenotaph also placed in Ferrara Cathedral
8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724
Innocent XIII
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Originally buried in a stucco sepulcher in the right nave of St. Peter's; reinterred in an ancient sarcophagus in 1836
29 May 1724 – 21 February 1730
Servant of GodBenedict XIII, O.P.
Pietro Bracci and Carlo Marchionni
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Remains were originally with his monument in St. Peter's Basilica
12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740
Clement XII
Giovanni Battista Maini
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758
Benedict XIV
Pietro Bracci
St. Peter's Basilica
Two figures are Knowledge (by Bracci) and Temptation (by Gaspare Sibilla)
6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769
Clement XIII
Antonio Canova
St. Peter's Basilica
19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774
Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv.
Antonio Canova
Santi Apostoli, Rome
Moved to Santi Apostoli in 1802
15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799
Pius VI
Antonio Canova
Crypt of St. Peter's Basilica
Monument by Antonio Canova, circa 1822
Unknown
Remains placed in an ancient sarcophagus with a bas-relief of the Adoration of the Magi by Pius XII in 1949 (below); original praecordia monument in the Valence Cathedral sculpted by Massimiliano Laboureur and commissioned by Napoleon
14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823
Servant of GodPius VII, O.S.B.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
St. Peter's Basilica
Commissioned at the expense of Cardinal Consalvi, Pius VII's Secretary of State, it depicts the pope blessing the angels of Time and History, with the onlooking figures of Fortitude (left) and Wisdom (right)
· 16th–21st centuries › 19th century
Leo XII
Leo XII
Pontificate
28 September 1823– 10 February 1829
Common English name
Leo XII
Image
Sculptor
Giuseppe Fabris
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius VIII
Pius VIII
Pontificate
31 March 1829– 1 December 1830
Common English name
Pius VIII
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Tenerani
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Moved from the Vatican grottoes in 1857 to the Tenerani monument commissioned by Cardinal Albani; figures are the kneeling pontiff and seated Christ as well as Saints Peter (left) and Paul (right); base reliefs are Prudence (left) and Justice (right)
Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.
Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.
Pontificate
2 February 1831– 1 June 1846
Common English name
Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.
Image
Sculptor
Luigi Amici
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
BlessedPius IX
BlessedPius IX
Pontificate
16 June 1846– 7 February 1878
Common English name
BlessedPius IX
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Leo XIII
Leo XIII
Pontificate
20 February 1878– 20 July 1903
Common English name
Leo XIII
Image
Sculptor
Giulio Tadolini
Location
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Notes
Tomb monument. Last pope entombed outside the Vatican until Francis.
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
28 September 1823– 10 February 1829
Leo XII
Giuseppe Fabris
St. Peter's Basilica
31 March 1829– 1 December 1830
Pius VIII
Pietro Tenerani
St. Peter's Basilica
Moved from the Vatican grottoes in 1857 to the Tenerani monument commissioned by Cardinal Albani; figures are the kneeling pontiff and seated Christ as well as Saints Peter (left) and Paul (right); base reliefs are Prudence (left) and Justice (right)
2 February 1831– 1 June 1846
Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam.
Luigi Amici
St. Peter's Basilica
16 June 1846– 7 February 1878
BlessedPius IX
Unknown
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
20 February 1878– 20 July 1903
Leo XIII
Giulio Tadolini
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Tomb monument. Last pope entombed outside the Vatican until Francis.
· 16th–21st centuries › 20th century
SaintPius X
SaintPius X
Pontificate
4 August 1903– 20 August 1914
Common English name
SaintPius X
Image
Sculptor
Pier Enrico Astorri Florestano Di Fausto (architect)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Benedict XV
Benedict XV
Pontificate
3 September 1914– 22 January 1922
Common English name
Benedict XV
Image
Sculptor
Pietro Canonica
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Monument in St. Peter's
Tomb
Tomb
Pontificate
Common English name
Tomb
Pius XI
Pius XI
Pontificate
6 February 1922– 10 February 1939
Common English name
Pius XI
Image
Sculptor
Giannino Castiglioni
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Candoglia marble sarcophagus topped with a deathbed effigy Located in the Basilica's grottoes in the Chapel of Saint Sebastian.
VenerablePius XII
VenerablePius XII
Pontificate
2 March 1939– 9 October 1958
Common English name
VenerablePius XII
Image
Sculptor
Francesco Messina (bronze funeral monument)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Funeral monument in St. Peter's separate from sarcophagus in the Vatican grottoes.
SaintJohn XXIII
SaintJohn XXIII
Pontificate
28 October 1958– 3 June 1963
Common English name
SaintJohn XXIII
Image
Sculptor
Emilio Greco
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Moved from the Vatican grottoes to the Altar of Saint Jerome after his beatification on 3 September 2000.
SaintPaul VI
SaintPaul VI
Pontificate
21 June 1963– 6 August 1978
Common English name
SaintPaul VI
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Three reliefs are from the fifteenth century; "as simple as possible [...] neither tomb nor monument" and buried in the ground per Paul VI's wishes.
Updated in October 2018 with "Sanctvs" for his canonisation.
Updated in October 2018 with "Sanctvs" for his canonisation.
Pontificate
Common English name
Updated in October 2018 with "Sanctvs" for his canonisation.
BlessedJohn Paul I
BlessedJohn Paul I
Pontificate
26 August 1978– 28 September 1978
Common English name
BlessedJohn Paul I
Image
Sculptor
Francesco Vacchini (design)Andrea Bregno (reliefs)
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
Reliefs are late fifteenth century; across the aisle from Marcellus II, another short-reigning pope. Updated in September 2022 with "Beatvs" for his beatification.
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
4 August 1903– 20 August 1914
SaintPius X
Pier Enrico Astorri Florestano Di Fausto (architect)
St. Peter's Basilica
3 September 1914– 22 January 1922
Benedict XV
Pietro Canonica
St. Peter's Basilica
Monument in St. Peter's
Giulio Barbieri (bronze effigy)
Tomb
6 February 1922– 10 February 1939
Pius XI
Giannino Castiglioni
St. Peter's Basilica
Candoglia marble sarcophagus topped with a deathbed effigy Located in the Basilica's grottoes in the Chapel of Saint Sebastian.
2 March 1939– 9 October 1958
VenerablePius XII
Francesco Messina (bronze funeral monument)
St. Peter's Basilica
Funeral monument in St. Peter's separate from sarcophagus in the Vatican grottoes.
28 October 1958– 3 June 1963
SaintJohn XXIII
Emilio Greco
St. Peter's Basilica
Moved from the Vatican grottoes to the Altar of Saint Jerome after his beatification on 3 September 2000.
21 June 1963– 6 August 1978
SaintPaul VI
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
Three reliefs are from the fifteenth century; "as simple as possible [...] neither tomb nor monument" and buried in the ground per Paul VI's wishes.
Unknown
Updated in October 2018 with "Sanctvs" for his canonisation.
26 August 1978– 28 September 1978
BlessedJohn Paul I
Francesco Vacchini (design)Andrea Bregno (reliefs)
St. Peter's Basilica
Reliefs are late fifteenth century; across the aisle from Marcellus II, another short-reigning pope. Updated in September 2022 with "Beatvs" for his beatification.
· 16th–21st centuries › 21st century
SaintJohn Paul II
SaintJohn Paul II
Pontificate
16 October 1978– 2 April 2005
Common English name
SaintJohn Paul II
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
See Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II. Tomb formerly occupied by John XXIII.
His body was moved from the Vatican grottoes to the chapel of Saint Sebastian after his beatification on 1 May 2011. The inscription "Beatvs" was changed in April 2014 to "Sanctvs" for his canonization.
His body was moved from the Vatican grottoes to the chapel of Saint Sebastian after his beatification on 1 May 2011. The inscription "Beatvs" was changed in April 2014 to "Sanctvs" for his canonization.
Pontificate
Common English name
His body was moved from the Vatican grottoes to the chapel of Saint Sebastian after his beatification on 1 May 2011. The inscription "Beatvs" was changed in April 2014 to "Sanctvs" for his canonization.
Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI
Pontificate
19 April 2005– 28 February 2013 (d. 31 December 2022)
Common English name
Benedict XVI
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
St. Peter's Basilica
Notes
See Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. Burial site in the Vatican Grottoes at the same location as John Paul II before his beatification in 2011.
Francis, S.J.
Francis, S.J.
Pontificate
13 March 2013 – 21 April 2025
Common English name
Francis, S.J.
Image
Sculptor
Unknown
Location
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes
See Death and funeral of Pope Francis. First Pope in a century to be buried outside the Vatican since Leo XIII, and the first to not have been entombed at all inside the Vatican since Clement XIV. According to his spiritual testament, "The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus." The tomb is made of marble from the Italian Region of Liguria, where his grandparents lived before emigrating to Argentina. A reproduction of the Pope's pectoral cross appears at his tomb.
Pontificate
Portrait
Common English name
Image
Sculptor
Location
Notes
16 October 1978– 2 April 2005
SaintJohn Paul II
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
See Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II. Tomb formerly occupied by John XXIII.
Unknown
His body was moved from the Vatican grottoes to the chapel of Saint Sebastian after his beatification on 1 May 2011. The inscription "Beatvs" was changed in April 2014 to "Sanctvs" for his canonization.
19 April 2005– 28 February 2013 (d. 31 December 2022)
Benedict XVI
Unknown
St. Peter's Basilica
See Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. Burial site in the Vatican Grottoes at the same location as John Paul II before his beatification in 2011.
13 March 2013 – 21 April 2025
Francis, S.J.
Unknown
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
See Death and funeral of Pope Francis. First Pope in a century to be buried outside the Vatican since Leo XIII, and the first to not have been entombed at all inside the Vatican since Clement XIV. According to his spiritual testament, "The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus." The tomb is made of marble from the Italian Region of Liguria, where his grandparents lived before emigrating to Argentina. A reproduction of the Pope's pectoral cross appears at his tomb.

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