MILLIONS PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO POPE Unusual scenes of the late Pope Pius Twelfth in the hours following his death at Castel Gandolfo. Following the procession to Rome; and through the Eternal City amid a glory of pomp and ceremony to be seen in the modern world only on the death of the Pontiff; Pius Twelfth lies in state in the great Basilica of St. Peter's as more than two million file by to pay last tribute to the 'defender of the people'; the Pope of Peace.