A homeless man who used to roam the streets around St. Peter’s Basilica has found his final resting place among bishops.
Willy Herteller, an 80-year-old Flemish man, died on a cold December night last year. According to the Holy See’s press office, Herteller has been interred in the Teutonic Cemetery, a medieval German burial plot inside Vatican City that is usually reserved for clergy and aristocrats.
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In 2013, a Jesuit-run charity arranged for the funeral of another homeless person, Andrea Quintero. She was 28 years old when she was beaten to death at a train station. Her funeral was held at Rome’s Church of the Gesu, the mother church of Pope Francis’ Jesuit order.
