Artistically Sculpted Funerary Monument of Pope Celestine V - L'Aquila, Italy - Funerary Art on Waymarking.com

Born Pietro Angelerio, Pope Celestine V was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States for five months, from July 5 to December 13, 1294, when he resigned. He was also a monk and hermit and founder of the Celestine order.

Celestine V was buried in Ferentino, but his body was later transferred to the Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio in a chapel with a beautifully carved stone funerary monument, the work of Girolamo da Vicenza. The tomb is surrounded by two murals, one showing a rural scene with two lambs frolicking in the countryside and the other showing a funeral scene.

Celestine's remains survived the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake with one Italian spokesman saying it was "another great miracle by the pope". They were then recovered from the basilica shortly after the earthquake. While inspecting the earthquake damage during a 28 April 2009 visit to the Aquila, Pope Benedict XVI visited Celestine's remains in the badly damaged Santa Maria di Collemaggio and left the woolen pallium he wore during his papal inauguration in April 2005 on Celestine's glass casket as a gift. Benedict XVI would go on to become the first pope since Celestine to voluntarily resign of his own initiative.

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(May - October): from 9:00 to 19:00
(November - April): from 9:00 to 18:30

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