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Originally Posted by guthmund
I found it quite humbling when I noticed that the "most powerful man in all of Christendom here on Earth" was laid out in a relatively plain coffin in the piazza..
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That actually is tradition... He's buried in 3 coffins - one nested inside another.
The first coffin is a cypress wood, signifying his humanity
The second is made of lead (I don't remember what this signifies, but the dates of his papcy are usualy engraved on it, as well as other important dates to the pope.
the third is unadorned elm wood coffin, meant to symbolize dignity.