"Bernini was very familiar with the accounts ... From 1624 to 1633, he designed and oversaw the construction of a massive bronze baldacchino, or canopy, above St. Peter's tomb.

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica Wednesday for three days of lying in state, with scores of ...

when Pope Urban VIII commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to create a canopy for the apostles’ tomb. The baldacchino is considered one of the most complicated multi-material art works of all time ...