St. Peter’s Basilica announced that 20 young adult apprentice artisans have begun their training, under the auspices of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Fabric of St. Peter.
These apprentice “marble workers and stonecutters, masons, plasterers and decorators, carpenters, mosaicists and blacksmiths are ready to inherit the ancient and precious techniques handed down for the care of the world’s largest basilica,” according to the announcement.