The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained ... where they slide the body in place. Those are the cheap burials.

Pope Clement XIV is also buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome.

Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead in cemeteries ... It took years to move millions of bodies from all the Parisian graves.