Teutonic Cemetery
The Teutonic Cemetery (Italian: Campo Santo dei Teutonici e dei Fiamminghi, "Camposanto of the Teutons and the Flemish") is a burial site in Rome adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica. Burial is reserved for members of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the German Cemetery, which owns the cemetery. It is a place of pilgrimage for many German-speaking pilgrims.
| Teutonic Cemetery | |
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Italian: Campo Santo dei Teutonici e dei Fiamminghi | |
The Teutonic Cemetery seen from above, in the courtyard of Collegio Teutonico. | |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′05.04″N 012°27′15.84″E |
| Find a Grave | Teutonic Cemetery |
The cemetery lies entirely outside the borders of Vatican City; it is an extraterritorial property of the Holy See as designated under the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
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