Five unusual papal burial places

A handful of popes are buried beyond the confines of Rome.

When Pope Francis is laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Saturday, he will be the first pope since Leo XIII to be buried somewhere other than St. Peter’s Basilica.

The entrance of the Abbey Church of St. Victor in Marseille, France, the burial place of Bl. Urban V. Abderitestatos via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

But historically, it was not unusual f…