be interred

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The pope’s body must be interred between the fourth and sixth day after death.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Among other things, it decreed that “a miscarried or aborted fetus must be interred or cremated.”

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

A number of families have already been reunited with ashes and some have asked for the remains to be interred in the permanent memorial.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

For graves without objections, the existing remains will be interred deeper into the same spot, and new burials will take place on top of them.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

She was buried on the 9th of September preceding, in the church of Saint Michael le Belfrey; it being her testamentary wish to be interred near to her first husband.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph