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As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the Vatican following his death on Easter Monday.

The ring goes back to St. Peter, who was a fisherman before becoming the first pope, and it's been part of papal tradition since at least the 1200s.At first, it wasn’t just symbolic—the Pope ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the Vatican following his death on Easter Monday.