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Saint Peter’s Basilica, officially known as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, ranks second among the five major basilicas of Rome and is the second largest church in Christianity. St. Peter’s covers an area of 5.7 acres can hold up to 60,000 people. One of the holiest sites of Christianity, it is the burial site of basilica namesake Saint Peter. Saint Peter was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, the first Bishop of Antioch, and the first Bishop of Rome. Many Popes, starting with the first ones, have been buried there. Even though St. Peter’s Basilica is not the Pope’s official ecclesiastical seat, it is definitely his principal church, as most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter’s.
The current location of St. Peter’s Basilica is the site of the Circus of Nero, where Saint Peter was buried upon dying on an inverted cross in AD 64. Constantine I started construction of the basilica in 324 in the exact spot which had previously been a cemetery for pagans and......

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