La Mostra    1390

Gregory XI's Bull, Salvator Noster Dominus

In1373, a Bull by Pope Gregory XI Bull included St Mary Major among the Basilicas pilgrims were required to visit to obtain the indulgence

Gregory XI, Salvator noster Dominus (29 aprile 1373), in: Collectionis bullarum sacrosanctae Basilicae vaticanae..., vol. II, Roma 1750

Saint Mary Major is one of the four Basilicas pilgrims were required to visit in the Jubilee of 1390

In 1373 Pope Gregory XI issued a bull establishing that, in order to obtain the indulgence, pilgrims were also required to visit the ancient Basilica of St Mary Major: this decision was upheld by his successor Urban VI in the indiction of the 1390 Jubillee and was never changed again

Girolamo Franzini, Templ. divae Mariae maioris, in: Le cose maravigliose dell’alma città di Roma..., Roma 1595

The Jubilee Basilicas: Saint Mary Major, St Peter's in the Vatican

Saint Peter's has been a Jubilee Basilica since 1300, Saint Mary Major became one in 1373, for the Jubilee of 1390

Giacomo Brogi (phot.), Le basiliche del giubileo, in: L'illustrazione italiana, a. XXVI, n. 52, 24 December 1899

The third Holy Year celebrated by Boniface IX in the year 1390

In 1389, in his bull Salvator noster Unigenitus, Pope Urban VI reduced the interval between jubilees to 33 years, in reference to the number of years Christ lived on earth. He also confirmed the decision taken by Gregory XI (1373) to include Saint Mary Major among the basilicas to visit in jubilee years. Urban VI died a few months before the start of ceremonies for the 1390 jubilee, which was celebrated by his successor Boniface IX.

Domenico Maria Manni, Istoria degli anni santi dal loro principio sino al presente del MDCCL, tratta in gran parte da quella del p.l.f. Tommaso Maria Alfani..., Firenze 1750