Historic ‘Chair of St. Peter’ on public display in Vatican Basilica

Historic ‘Chair of St. Peter’ on public display in Vatican basilica for first time in 150 years For the first time in over a century, the historic Chair of St. Peter, a wooden throne symbolizing the pope’s magisterial authority, has been removed from its gilded bronze reliquary in St. Peter’s Basilica to be displayed for public veneration. Pilgrims and visitors can now behold this storied relic directly in front of the basilica’s main altar, just above the tomb of St. Peter, where it will remain on display until Dec. 8, 2024 the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The last major public viewing of the chair occurred in 1867, when Pope Pius IX exposed the Chair of Peter for the veneration of the faithful for 12 days on the 1,800th anniversary of the martyrdoms of St. Peter and St. Paul, according to Pietro Zander, head of the Necropolis and Artistic Heritage Section of the Vatican. سالوں میں پہلی بار ویٹیکن بیسیلیکا میں تاریخی چیئر آف سینٹ پیٹر عوامی نمائش کے لیے ...