Funerals of Popes

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Religious ceremony
gptkbp:attendance Hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Diplomatic_corps
gptkb:Cardinals
Heads of state
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:Vatican_Media
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Peter's_Basilica
gptkb:Grottoes_beneath_St._Peter's
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:Italian_police
Swiss Guard
gptkbp:customarilyHeldAt gptkb:St._Peter's_Basilica
gptkbp:customs Funeral open to public
No canonization at funeral
No embalming (recent practice)
Papal insignia placed on coffin
Papal seal broken
Papal tiara not used since Paul VI
Placement of medals and documents in coffin
Pope dressed in liturgical vestments
Pope's body displayed for veneration
Pope's face covered with white silk cloth
Reading of Rogito
Sealing of tomb
Three coffins (cypress, lead, oak)
Funeral Mass celebrated by Dean of College of Cardinals
gptkbp:dateOfRecentEvent 5 January 2023
gptkbp:duration gptkb:Nine_days_(Novemdiales)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Pope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Funerals of Popes
gptkbp:includeRitual gptkb:Novemdiales
Requiem Mass
Final commendation
Lying in state
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Global
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Funeral_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI
gptkb:Funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II
gptkb:Funeral_of_Pope_Pius_XII
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Camerlengo
gptkbp:precededBy Death of a Pope
gptkbp:recentEventFor gptkb:Pope_Benedict_XVI
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pope
Catholic Church
gptkbp:rituals gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
Destruction of Fisherman's Ring
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Fisherman's_Ring
gptkb:Papal_ferula
Papal pallium
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St_Peter's_Basilica
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6