Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Churches in Vatican City, Museums in Vatican City, Palaces in Vatican City, Vatican Library, St. Peter's Basilica, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Codex Vaticanus, Codex Vaticanus 2061, Vatican Secret Archives, Libri Carolini, Saint Anne in Vatican, Vatican Museums, Bodmer Papyri, Old St. Peter's Basilica, Papyrus 75, Cortile del Belvedere, Codex Marchalianus, Joshua Roll, Codex Vaticanus 2066, Apostolic Palace, Vergilius Romanus, Church of Santa Maria della Pieta in Camposanto dei Teutonici, Minuscule 627, Domus Sanctae Marthae, Minuscule 154, Minuscule 131, Minuscule 132, Vatican Pharmacy, Codex Aureus of Lorsch, De arte venandi cum avibus, Minuscule 130, Vatican Film Library, Vergilius Vaticanus, Paul VI Audience Hall, Santo Stefano degli Abissini, Casina Pio IV, Fournier Register, Chigi codex, Torre San Giovanni, Rome, Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi, Vatican Croatian Prayer Book, Barberini Gospels, Codex Rios, Codex Vaticanus Ottobonianus Latinus 1829, The Gallery of Maps, Codex Vaticanus B, Codex Vaticanus 1026, Tomb of the Julii, Codex Vaticanus 1339, Codex Vaticanus 266, Palace of the Holy Office, Codex Vaticanus 253, Codex Vaticanus 260, Palazzi Pontifici. Excerpt: The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: ), officially known in Italian as and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world. It is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom." In Catholic tradition, the basilica is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line ...