He pointed out that Michele Basso’s “Guide to the Vatican Necropolis” may be the source of the allegations.
One of the guide’s highlights is a map of the Vatican Necropolis, which shows the pre-Constantine tomb known as “Lucifer.”
McClellan notes that the epithet “Lucifer” was not a connection to Satan at the time the tomb was probably identified. It was “just a generic title,” since the moniker was used by a number of well-known Christians.
Additionally, McClellan notes that many graves on the Necropolis map are titled “The Tomb of [Name]” in honor of families.
But the tomb of Lucifer is just referred to as “The Lucifer Tomb.” Not “Lucifer’s Tomb.” “This is most likely related to some graffiti discovered in the tomb.,
Or because it was somehow linked to one of the well-known Lucifers from the fourth century CE, such as Lucifer of Cagliari, who was a well-known advocate of Athanasius and the Trinity,” says McClellan.
So don’t worry, TikTokers. Lucifer won’t be a part of the Vatican’s Christmas ceremonial religious iconography, but there will be enough of it.
