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Video, courtesy of Vatican Media, shows the pope's coffin at the Basilica바카라 게임 웹사이트�The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the pontiff said in his will, released by the Vatican. He also said the costs of his burial would be covered 바카라 게임 웹사이트�by a sum provided by a benefactor.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Video below: Pope Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� coffin carried into St. Mary Major Basilica, escorted by Swiss GuardsWhile Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� tomb will be humble, the basilica above it glitters with sunlight and gold. The ceiling is covered in gilded wood, and light pours in through high-up windows to illuminate intricate mosaics that line the nave. Mourners and visitors have flocked here in the days since Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� death, interested to see for themselves a place that he loved.Perched on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built, Santa Maria Maggiore is one of four papal basilicas. Its bell tower is the tallest in the Italian capital, rising to a height of 246 feet, and its position on the hill makes it the highest point in the city.The legend goes that the Virgin Mary came to both Pope Liberius and an Italian aristocrat asking for the church to be constructed in her honor in a place that would be miraculously revealed. Rome바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Esquiline Hill was identified as the spot after snow fell on its summit in August of 358, at the height of summer. In contemporary times, a celebration marking the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Miracle of the Snow바카라 게임 웹사이트� takes place at the basilica on Aug. 5 every year.The church as it stands today was commissioned by Pope Sixtus III in the year 431. The mosaics date from that time, and the interior also boasts Classical columns plundered from other buildings, although it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s encased in a Neoclassical facade built in the 1700s.The church has long held a special significance for Pope Francis, who used to visit on Sunday mornings to honor the Virgin Mary.He would often visit the basilica before and after foreign trips, as well as after hospital stays, to pray to the most important Marian icon, the Salus Populi Romani, to which he entrusted the protection of his apostolic journeys, in keeping with Jesuit tradition.Clearly a spot close to his heart, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s where Francis began his first full day as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013. It is also the first place he visited after leaving the hospital last month, offering flowers to be placed before the icon of the Virgin Mary before returning to his residence in the Vatican.Francis revealed his plans to be buried there in December 2023, explaining that he felt a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�very strong connection바카라 게임 웹사이트� with the basilica. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Francis said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Because it is my great devotion.바카라 게임 웹사이트�A 바카라 게임 웹사이트�place is already prepared바카라 게임 웹사이트� for his burial, the pope said in 2023, adding that he had been working on streamlining papal funerals.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We simplified them quite a bit,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Francis said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I will premiere the new ritual,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added with a smile at the time.Although seven other popes are buried in Santa Maria Maggiore, Francis will be the first not to be interred in St. Peter바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Basilica since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 and was laid to rest in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano. The last pope to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore was Clement IX, back in 1669.This is not the only time the pope has broken with tradition: Francis also refused to live in the Apostolic Palace, the official papal residence, instead choosing to live in a small apartment in the Vatican guesthouse, Santa Marta.Throughout his life, he was known for eschewing luxuries. As a cardinal in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was known for taking the subway instead of using a chauffeured car. Later in his career, he would travel to work at the Vatican in an unassuming blue Ford Focus.The day after his death, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore was far busier than usual, with mourners, worshipers and other visitors coming by the hundreds. The atmosphere was filled with sentiment but not somber, and the afternoon Mass opened with a brass quintet and bright organ music.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was just a remarkable experience,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kerry Bruder, 71, from Ontario, Canada, said after seeing the vast artworks and marble sculptures inside the church. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You know that people for centuries have been going in there바카라 게임 웹사이트� and it just made you feel small, but in a good way.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Victoria Ferreira, who traveled to Rome from Brazil for Easter, said she had already visited the basilica days before 바카라 게임 웹사이트� but it felt different after the pontiff바카라 게임 웹사이트�s death, adding that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�it was very emotional.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ferreira, 33, told CNN that as a Catholic, she hopes the next pope will direct the church down the same path as Francis.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He filled us with love, with empathy, with hope,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�And I think we need to, more than ever, have this in our mind and in our actions 바카라 게임 웹사이트� to be like him.바카라 게임 웹사이트�CNN바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this story.