Pope Benedict XVI has been laid to rest in the Vatican, in the same tomb where the remains of St. John Paul II were originally laid to rest.
After the funeral Mass presided by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, the coffin was taken to the Vatican Grottoes, located beneath St. Peter’s Basilica.
Benedict XVI’s body was placed in the traditional triple coffin for Popes: one of cypress wood, another of zinc and the third of oak.
The burial was attended by several dozen people, including German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who was Benedict XVI’s personal secretary.
On the coffin of the late Pope Emeritus was placed last night the Rogito, a Latin text on the life of Benedict XVI.
