cypress coffin

symbolizes everlasting life; used for burials of heroes. [Gk. and Egyptian Folklore: Leach, 272]

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Peter's Basilica, right down to the tombs where predecessors lay, where John Paul's yellow cypress coffin would be placed inside a lead coffin, which would be placed inside an elm one.

Watching a pope die: in final week, media eyes turn to Rome round-the-clock

The cypress coffin was carried back into the church to the sound of the bells, where it was encased in a second casket of zinc and a third, made of walnut.

JOHN PAUL THE GREAT: 2 BILLION FAREWELLS; The biggest funeral in history

The first cypress coffin, its grainy fibres visible, was placed inside a second one, of zinc, then a third of walnut ( the latter two to slow down the decomposition process.

No marble sarcophagus, just a simple casket

Now his body was placed in a plain cypress coffin, a symbol of his humility.

THE FUNERAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II 1920-2005: THE WORLD SAYS GOODBYE; Leaders and pilgrims unite at the Vatican for emotional Mass

Applause rang out as John Paul's plain cypress coffin adorned with a cross and an M for the Virgin Mary was brought out from St Peter's Basilica and placed on a carpet in front of the altar.

POPE'S FUNERAL: Pilgrims say their farewells to pontiff

Cardinals wearing white mitres processed on to the square, the wind rippling their red vestments and the pages of the book of the Gospel, which was placed on the cypress coffin.

World unites to say farewell to Pope John Paul II

His body will rest in a cypress coffin, encased within a second coffin of lead, with an inscription bearing his name.

POPE JOHN PAUL II: Two million to gather for the final farewell

After finding they don't have enough money for a spiffy cypress coffin, Ermei's father cuts down his own cypress tree but is fined; us a result, the family marries Ermei off to a dumb local, Zhang Suo (Yan Su), who's willing to pony up the sizable amount of 3,000 yuan ($350).