St. Peter's Square

American  

noun

1. a square surrounded by colonnades, forming a boundary of and an entrance to Vatican City, leading to St. Peter's: designed by Giovanni Bernini and built during the 17th century.

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Example Sentences

“This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo said during a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

On Sunday, Leo will preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square before delivering a typically political blessing which is especially anticipated this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He was also seen in St. Peter's Square for the announcement of the new pope and then, according to the Mirror, with actress Zoe Kravitz in his Cheshire hometown over Christmas.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Joseph Tomás Mckellar, director of Pico California, a large faith-based community-organizing network, was euphoric Thursday morning, minutes after Prevost finished his first speech as pope from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

The Gallery, that runs round St. Peter’s Square, leads on both Sides to the Portico of the Church, which is a Piece of Work that one can never be weary of admiring.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von