Nearby_papal_tombs Saint_Peter's_tomb

a seventeenth century map of papal tombs thought have been placed near peter s

very little known burial of peter s immediate successors, prior period when popes known relative certainty have been buried in various catacombs of rome. burial near peter, on vatican hill, attributed to: pope linus, pope anacletus, pope evaristus, pope telesphorus, pope hyginus, pope pius i, pope anicetus (later transferred catacomb of callixtus), pope victor i. epigraphic evidence exists linus, discovery of burial slab marked linus in 1615; however, slab broken such have once read aquilinius or anullinus .

with 3 exceptions, each pope prior anicetus, first pope known have been entombed in catacombs, traditionally regarded having been buried near peter. notable exception pope clement i, traditionally regarded having been martyred in black sea near crimea. similarly, original tombs of pope alexander , pope sixtus unknown, although there several churches positing mutually contradictory claims of translation.