5The Chair Of Saint Peter

Once a simple wooden chair, it has been renovated and decorated over the centuries to become the elaborate piece you see today. In fact, it is so heavily decorated and blends so well with the rest of the Basilica that spotting it can be like playing a game of Where’s Waldo? The chair currently sits at the back of the Basilica.

Traditional belief holds the chair belonged to St Peter though this is unlikely. Regardless, the chair holds a place of great importance in the Catholic Church and even has its own feast day dedicated to it. It might not be two thousand years old, but it is still astonishingly ancient and remains a testament to the endurance of the Catholic Church.

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