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Visiting St. Peter's Basilica on day of Liturgical Celebration

Posted by mollychris93 on 05/26/17 04:49 PM

Hi!

My family and I are traveling to Rome next week. We were planning on going to St. Peter's Basilica to climb the dome early Sunday morning, around 7-8 AM to hopefully miss some of the crowds. However, when I checked the calendar for the Vatican, it shows that there is a "Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost" at 10:00 AM in St. Peter's. Does anyone know whether they might allow regular tourists inside of St. Peter's before the mass?

Thank you all so much for your help!

Posted by joe32F

Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂

05/26/17 07:43 PM

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You may find this helpful--- http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/informazioni-utili.html

Dome access starts at 8AM

Posted by mollychris93 OP

05/28/17 03:45 PM

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Thank you for replying. Ciaran, that's exactly the page I had looked at. Thanks for the information and the advice! We're just going to go later in the day as you suggested. If anyone else has a similar question, I was able to confirm this with someone in Rome. Any time the pope is holding mass, the Basilica is closed until that afternoon.

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