Pope Leo XIII (20th Century Pope not buried in Vatican)

This 20th Century Pope was interred at

Saint John Lateran and today in 2025

(one of 3 21st Century popes, thus far

elected in Conclaves)

the simple coffin of Pope Francis

will also be interred at

Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major)

in the "heart of Rome", Italy.

Four kilometers (2.5 miles) from

St. Peter's Basilica.

Francis' burial site will be in a

simple underground tomb.

Other popes (6) who share this final

resting place were:

Pope Honorius III (1150-1227);

Pope Nicholas IV (1227 - 1292);

Saint Pius V (elected Pope in 1566 - d. 1572)

Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521 - he died 1590);

Pope Clement VIII (b. 1536 - he died 1605)

Pope Clement IX (b. 1600 - he died 1669) - more than 350 years ago.