La Mostra    2000

Rites of opening and closing of the Holy door of St. Paul's for the Jubilee of 1675

Claude Boizot, Ad astra reclusa ostendit per mella viam, in: Casimir Freschot, Series eorum quae in aperitione et obseratione portae sanctae Basilicae divi Pauli ab... Francisco cardinali Barberino... ritu sacro peracta sunt anno iubilaei M.DC.LXXV..., Roma 1676

The bronze door

Andrea Alippi (draw.), Carlo Ruspi (draw.), Francesco Giangiacomo (inc.), Porta di bronzo disegno generale, in: Nicola Maria Nicolai, Della Basilica di S. Paolo..., Roma 1815

The Byzantine door of St. Paul's restored for the Jubilee of 2000

Sergio Rinaldi Tufi, San Paolo, restaurata la porta Bizantina, in: Il Messaggero,21 December 1999

John Paul II, during the Jubilee of 2000, opens the Holy door of the Basilica of St. Paul's outside the walls along with the representatives of the various Christian churches

Starting in 1500, when Alexander VI initiated the Holy Year ceremonial, including the ritual of opening the Holy Door in all four basilicas, the Holy Door at St Paul’s was always opened by a Cardinal Legate. In 2000, Pope John Paul II became the first pope in Holy Year history to personally open the Holy Door at the Basilica of St Paul’s.

Da questa Basilica io spingo avanti lo sguardo verso il nuovo millennio: in un futuro non lontano i cristiani, finalmente riconciliati, possano tornare a camminare insieme come unico popolo,in: L'osservatore romano, a. CXL, n. 14, 19 January 2000

Holy Year 2000. 2.000 silver liras

John Paul II. Holy Year 2000. Series of 8 coins

Picture collecting the philatelic series commemorative of the "Holy Year 2000"