A homeless man's death caught the pope's attention. Now his likeness is on display at the Vatican
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Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting, the central of the triptych, by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A painting, the central of the triptych, by German artist Michael Triegel who portrayed in 2018 as St. Peter Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022, is displayed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Mons. Peter Klasvogt, the rector of the Teutonic College poses for a photo next to the tomb of Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, and portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel, exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Mons. Peter Klasvogt, the rector of the Teutonic College poses for a photo next to the tomb of Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, and portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel, exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Mons. Peter Klasvogt, the rector of the Teutonic College, talks during an interview with the Associated Press next to a painting exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College by German artist Michael Triegel, who portrayed as St. Peter Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Mons. Peter Klasvogt, the rector of the Teutonic College talks during an interview with the Associated Press next to a painting exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College by German artist Michael Triegel, who portrayed as St. Peter Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A photo shows the tomb of Burkhard Scheffler, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 and portrayed in 2018 as St. Peter by German artist Michael Triegel, in the Teutonic cemetery at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)