sentences:  Pope Paul accepted his resignation as Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 13 January 1968, and then as Pro-President of the Special Administration of Holy See on 7 May 1968.Testa died in Rome at age 82, and is buried in Bergamo.Testa had been a close friend of Pope John XXIII, also from Bergamo, since they were schoolmates in Rome.