He is buried there under the sanctuary floor.
The sanctuary floor is patterned in brick and marble.
Maureen peered across the sanctuary floor to the stairwell thirty feet away.
Entering the ancient building, Marie turned on the lights and pointed to the center of the sanctuary floor.
People who barely speak English tumble to the sanctuary floor in mid-sermon.
In the sanctuary floor there is a 10-centimeter (4 in) opening through which you can see the sea below.
Screaming, the heavyset man was plucked off the sanctuary floor and dragged into the basement.
He died of pneumonia in 1888 and is buried under the sanctuary floor of the Basilica.
The congregation will move there in June so that the sanctuary floor can be replaced.
The entire sanctuary floor appeared to have turned ninety degrees.