Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs
by
Wendy J. Reardon
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
The traditions associated with a pope's death have changed from when they were buried in the catacombs of Rome. Various ceremonies, rites and rituals developed over time, but a formal procedure was not initiated until the early 1300s and even then was not always strictly followed. This comprehensive...