The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs

by WendyJ.Reardon (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $31.95

  Provides information on the deaths, funerals, and burial places of each pope and antipope from St. Peter (Apostle) to John Paul I. It explains how the customs and traditions associated with a pope's death have changed over time, and gives a history of papal funerals and tombs. A unique feature is the book's reproduction of all papal epitaphs, in their original language and in English.