Paul II to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public. Innocent's body was transferred to the basilica's Altar of Transfiguration, which is located near the Clementine Chapel and the entombed remains of Pope Gregory the Great (590–604). The altar is also across from Innocent XI's monument, which was his original site of burial before his beatification. The feast day assigned to Innocent XI is 12 August, the date of his death. In the Hungarian calendar, it is commemorated on August 13. Reports suggest that following the attacks on the United States of America on 9/11, the Church decided to advance the long-suspended cause of Innocent XI to be canonised, as the pope who had prevented the Turks from overrunning Christendom in 1683, thus drawing parallels with aggressive [[Islamism] (source?). However, popular revelations made in the novel Imprimatur damaged Innocent XI's reputation and thus the planned canonisation of Benedetto Odescalchi was suspended indefinitely. It was believed that the canonization would have taken place in 2003 but the book's publication halted all plans to canonize Innocent XI. Encyclicals Sollicitudo pastoralis (Fostering and Preserving the Orders of Men Religious) Coelestis Pastor'' (Condemning the errors of Molinos) See also Cardinals created by Innocent XI Odescalchi Notes References Acknowledgment External links The Body of Innocent XI in St Peter's Basilica The Altar of Transfiguration Coelestis Pastor Video footage showing the beatification of Pope Innocent XI Innocent XI, 1611-1689 - The Lawyer-Pope Diocese of Como 1611 births 1689 deaths People from Como Italian popes Bishops of Novara People of the Great Turkish War Italian beatified people Beatifications by Pope Pius XII 17th-century venerated Christians 17th-century popes Popes Beatified popes Burials at St. Peter's Basilica