Monument to the Royal Stuarts

The Monument to the Royal Stuarts is a memorial in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City State.

[1] The monument stands towards the back of the basilica in the left aisle opposite the door from which people coming down the spiral staircase from the dome and roof exit.

When Charles Edward Stuart died in 1788, he was buried in the Basilica of St Peter Apostle in Frascati.

In that year the bodies were moved slightly further east on the left side of the crypt, to make room for Pius's tomb.

Its inscription reads: Queen Christina of Sweden, the only other monarch with a memorial in the church, also lies entombed in the crypt below the basilica, with the Royal Stuarts.