La Mostra 1933
Extraordinary Jubilee functions and processions
The extraordinary jubilees described by Gaetano Moroni (1802-1883), author of the most famous Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, were proclaimed by pontiffs from the sixteenth century onwards for special occasions, at difficult times, or to celebrate the beginning of a pontificate. They lasted varying lengths of time and were often only local in scope (more than seventy of them were held). Between 1933 and 1983, and again in 2016, there have been a number of extraordinary jubilees whose duration, scope and ceremony are identical to ordinary universal jubilees, qualifying them as true Holy Years
Gaetano Moroni, Funzioni e processioni pei giubilei straordinarii, in: Id., Le cappelle pontificie, cardinalizie e prelatizie. Opera storico liturgica..., Venezia 1841
Easter blessing Urbi er orbi from the external loggia of St. Peter's during the Jubilee of 1933
The Easter blessing from St. Peter's loggia is one of the solemn annual blessings conferred by the pontiff.
Felici (papal photogr.), La memorabile Pasqua dell'Anno Santo della redenzione: il Santo Padre nell'atto di benedire "urbi et orbi" dalla loggia esterna della Basilica Vaticana, in: L'osservatore romano, a. LXXIII, n. 95, 22 April 1933
Blessing from St. John's in Lateran loggia for the Ascension during the Jubilee of 1933
The Ascension blessing from St. John's in Lateran loggia is one of the solemn annual blessings conferred by the pontiff.
Sciamanna (photog.), Una cerimonia religiosa ripresa dopo una sospensione di 63 anni: la benedizione papale dalla loggia dell'arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano nel giorno dell'ascensione, Roma 25 maggio, in: L'illustrazione italiana, a. LX, n. 23, 4 June 1933
The Eucharistic triumph in the centenary of Redemption
Il trionfo eucaristico nel centenario della redenzione, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
The Eucharistic triumph in the centenary of Redemption
Il trionfo eucaristico nel centenario della redenzione, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Pius XI’s Holy Years
Pius XI celebrated two Holy Years: an ordinary one in 1925, and an extraordinary one in 1933 to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the Redemption. The Jubilee of 1933 was the first Extraordinary Jubilee to be celebrated adopting every aspect of Ordinary Jubilee ceremony, including the ritual of the Holy Door, hence its inclusion as a true Holy Year. It was also the first Holy Year to be celebrated after the Lateran Accords and the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See, which resolved the “Roman question”
Il papa degli anni santi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Pius XI’s Holy Years
Pius XI celebrated two Holy Years: an ordinary one in 1925, and an extraordinary one in 1933 to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the Redemption. The Jubilee of 1933 was the first Extraordinary Jubilee to be celebrated adopting every aspect of Ordinary Jubilee ceremony, including the ritual of the Holy Door, hence its inclusion as a true Holy Year. It was also the first Holy Year to be celebrated after the Lateran Accords and the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See, which resolved the “Roman question”
Il papa degli anni santi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Pius XI’s Holy Years
Pius XI celebrated two Holy Years: an ordinary one in 1925, and an extraordinary one in 1933 to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the Redemption. The Jubilee of 1933 was the first Extraordinary Jubilee to be celebrated adopting every aspect of Ordinary Jubilee ceremony, including the ritual of the Holy Door, hence its inclusion as a true Holy Year. It was also the first Holy Year to be celebrated after the Lateran Accords and the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See, which resolved the “Roman question”
Il papa degli anni santi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Pius XI’s Holy Years
Pius XI celebrated two Holy Years: an ordinary one in 1925, and an extraordinary one in 1933 to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the Redemption. The Jubilee of 1933 was the first Extraordinary Jubilee to be celebrated adopting every aspect of Ordinary Jubilee ceremony, including the ritual of the Holy Door, hence its inclusion as a true Holy Year. It was also the first Holy Year to be celebrated after the Lateran Accords and the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See, which resolved the “Roman question”
Il papa degli anni santi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Jubilee of 1933: Committee for the Holy Year, indiction and announcement of opening the Holy Door
Primi albori dell'anno santo, in: La civiltà cattolica, a. LXXXIV (1933)
1933, Extraordinary Jubilee of the Redemption
Francesco Zanetti, Sulla soglia della porta santa: gli anni santi straordinari, in: L'osservatore romano, a. LXXIII, n. 16, 20 January 1933
1933 Holy Year inauguration ceremonies
Il giubileo della redenzione inaugurato dal Pontefice con l'apertura della porta santa, in: L'illustrazione italiana, a. LX, n. 15, 9 April 1933
Pius XI and Guglielmo Marconi inaugurate Vatican Radio (12 February 1931)
In 1933, Vatican Radio was to broadcast the opening ceremony for the Holy Door during the Holy Year of the Redemption
Felici (papal photogr.), Il Santo Padre e G. Marconi inaugurano la stazione della Radio della città vaticana, in: Guido Guida, Pio XI, Milano 1938
Pius XI’s first speech on the radio (12 February 1931)
Felici (papal photogr.), Il primo discorso del papa alla radio, in: Guido Guida, Pio XI, Milano 1938
The monumental cross on Monte Senario lit up
On 1 April 1933, at the start of the Holy Year of the Redemption, via Vatican Radio from Vatican City Pius XI used a remote control to light up the cross erected at the Monte Senario sanctuary in Tuscany
Felici (papal photogr.), Sua santità Pio XI illumina la croce monumentale del Monte Senario, in: L'osservatore romano, a. LXXIII, n. 79, 3-4 April 1933
The visit of pope Pius XI to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on the occasion of the Extraordinary Holy Year of 1933
Felici (papal photog.), Le cerimonie dell'anno santo. La visita del Pontefice alla Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, in: L'illustrazione italiana, a. LX, n. 42, 15 October 1933
The works in the Lateran for the Extraordinary Holy year of 1933-1934
Lavori e restauri nel Laterano glorioso, in: L'osservatore romano, a. LXXIV, n. 34, 11 February 1934
Lux mundi
Michelangelo’s dome, which Pius XI had illuminated by torchlight on special occasions (the dome would be visibly far more imposing after the Borgo “spine” was demolished) is a symbol of the light that Christianity has brought to Earth.
Lux mundi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936
Lux mundi
Michelangelo’s dome, which Pius XI had illuminated by torchlight on special occasions (the dome would be visibly far more imposing after the Borgo “spine” was demolished) is a symbol of the light that Christianity has brought to Earth.
Lux mundi, in: Pio XI: monumenti e opere, Città del Vaticano 1936