The altar is dedicated to St Peter. It was originally consecrated on 13th October 1269. The present wooden altar table, normally covered by an embroidered frontal, and reredos above it were designed ...
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Interesting Engineering on MSNArena to altar: 1,800-year-old grave yields Roman gladiator, 12 Christian bodiesOver the years, it became a wooden-roofed basilica and then a domed church under the reign of Justinian I. The tomb holds ...
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Restorers complete work on the canopy covering St. Peter's main altar ahead of the 2025 Jubilee“The wood has proven to be in excellent ... The structure, which is positioned over the basilica’s main altar to provide a ceremonial covering for the tomb of St. Peter underneath, was ...
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