He stressed that the tomb of the first Pontiff is “a tomb pit that has always been venerated, on which Pope Sylvester and Emperor Constantine built a first great basilica in the 4th century, replaced by the current one in the 16th century, at the request of Pope Julius. II della Rovere”, he indicated.
The Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City also recalled that the term baldachin derives from Baldacancient name of Baghdad, “where the most precious fabrics came from.”
In fact, before Bernini’s baldachin, during the Middle Ages there were four posts that supported textile coverings.