"I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ." Pope Francis wrote this in his will, ready as early as June 29, 2022.
"I ask that my tomb be prepared in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the aforementioned Papal Basilica," the Pope specified. "The tomb must be in the earth, simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus."
The Pope's tomb was paid for by a benefactor. Francis himself indicates this in his will: "The expenses for the preparation of my burial will be covered by the sum of the benefactor that I have arranged, to be transferred to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and of which I have provided appropriate instructions to Msgr. Rolandas Makrickas, Extraordinary Commissioner of the Liberian Chapter."
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