Editing Pope Benedict XIV (section)

==Death and burial==
[[Image:BentoXIVb.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Benedict XIV, [[St. Peter's Basilica]].]]
Benedict XIV had suffered from kidney problems for years. His health worsened in 1758 and, after a battle with [[gout]], he died on 3 May 1758 at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite book|last=Artaud de Montor|first=Alexis Francois|title=The Lives and Times of the Popes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8jAQAAIAAJ|volume=VII|year=1911|publisher=Catholic Publication Society of America|location=New York|pages=35–36}}</ref> His final words to those surrounding him on his deathbed were, "I leave you in the hands of God."<ref>{{cite book|last=Haynes|first= Renée|title= Philosopher King: The Humanist Pope Benedict XIV|location= London|publisher= Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year= 1970}} {{Page needed|date=December 2018}}</ref> Despite those words, the pope is alleged to have recited the famous Latin phrase "[[Sic transit gloria mundi]]" before poignantly adding "I now fall into silence and forgetfulness, the only place that belongs to me".

Benedict XIV originally demonstrated symptoms of illness on 26 April 1758 after having previously rallied from a serious illness that included gout that February. However, a contracted fever aggravated his [[asthma]] and he suffered from difficulties in urinating. However, his condition deteriorated rapidly in the following days after his gout and contracted [[kidney disease]] increased his sufferings. Despite this, his appetite had not diminished which was interpreted as a sign that he could potentially rally from his malady. However, into May, his condition had worsened considerably, though the pope remained lucid until the end, able to impart one last blessing before he died on 3 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1758.html|title=Sede Vacante 1758|publisher=CSUN|date=29 September 2015|author=John Paul Adams|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

Following his funeral, he was interred in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] and a large [[catafalque]] was erected in his honour.

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