Re-burial Of Nicolaus Copernicus In Frombork Editorial Photo

Funeral procession during the funeral Mass with Archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland Józef Kowalczyk. On May 22, 2010 Copernicus was given a funeral as a church hero in a Mass led by the papal nuncio. His remains were reburied in the same spot where part of his skull and other bones were found. A black granite tombstone now identifies him as the founder of the heliocentric theory, but also a church canon, a cleric that ranks below a priest. The tombstone is decorated with a model of the solar system.