 His corpse was shipped to Florence by Kerckring upon request of Cosimo III de' Medici and buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo close to his protectors, the De' Medici family.In 1946 his grave was opened, and the corpse was reburied after a procession through the streets of the city.After his death in 1686, Steno was venerated as a saint in the diocese of Hildesheim.