Peter were buried about A.D. 66. The Church has always held that Peter was buried in a pagan cemetery on Vatican Hill.
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St Peter was crucified, probably head downwards, in the Circus of Nero, a large area used for public executions and hearings on the Vatican Hill. Following the Christian custom, St Peter's body was buried near the site of his martyrdom.
After his death, the faithful recovered St.Peter's body and buried it in a necropolis northwest of the circus (at the present site of St. Peter's Basilica). The faithful secretly venerated the grave and protected it from pagan desecration.
A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 265 deceased popes, from Saint Peter to Benedict XVI.
Peter: buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, Italy; the skull located in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, alongside the skull of St. Paul. Philip: buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome or possibly Hierapolis, modern Turkey.
Only one pope in the last century has not been laid to rest at St.Peter's Basilica. Pius XI was buried in the Chapel of Saint Sebastian after his death in 1939. In all, there have been more than 260 Popes since St Peter, who is buried close to the Grottoes in the Vatican Necropolis.
Because of the solid pedestal on which the obelisk was placed, it remained standing for 1,500 until it was moved to where it stands today in Saint Peter's Square. It took thirteen months, between 1585 and 1586 to move and re-erect the obelisk.
The Edicule in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus' tomb. A $4 million restoration project, led by a Greek team, has cleaned and reinforced the structure.