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Map of Rome and surroundings, 1839

Alessandro Moschetti, Pianta della città di Roma e suoi dintorni, Roma 1839

About city doors and streets

Giovanni Tarcagnota (pseud. Lucio Fauno), Delle antichità della città di Roma..., Venezia 1552

Report about doors, hills and quarters of the city of Rome. Together with the names of its main squares and streets

Fioravante Martinelli, Le magnificenze di Roma antica, e moderna ricercate nel proprio sito con tutte le cose notabili ch’in essa si trovano, cioè chiese, monasterj, ospedali... teatri, anfiteatri..., fori..., palazzi, statue..., musei, pitture..., Roma 1725

Entrances to the city for the pilgrims, according to Teofilo Betti's guide for 1825 Jubilee

Teofilo Betti, Apparato di notizie su gli anni santi di universal giubileo diviso in tre parti, la I storica, la II polemica, la III itineraria,Roma 1824

Walls and doors of Rome from Romulus to Urban VIII

Topografia fisica, recinti e porte di Roma, in: Antonio Nibby, Roma nell'anno MDCCCXXXVIII..., P. I (Antica), Roma 1838

View of Rome from Monte Mario

Monte Mario was where pilgrims and travellers coming from the North arrived in Rome, along the Via Trionfale, after travelling the Via Regia Romana and Via Francigena. It was known as Mons Gaudii – Monte Gaudio – in acknowledgement of the wonder felt by pilgrims who, at the end of their long journey, could at last admire Rome and St Peter’s from its summit.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Roma veduta per profilo dal Monte Mario 1797, in: Id., Vedute principali e più interessanti di Roma, Roma 1799

About walls and doors of the Vatican

Stefano Piale, Delle mura e porte del Vaticano fatte da S. Leone IV nel secolo IX, ingrandite dai seguenti pontefici. Dissertazione letta nell'adunanza della Pontificia Accademia di archeologia nel dì 4 decembre 1828, Roma 1834

Porta San Pellegrino on the Trionfale Way

Porta di S. Pellegrino su la via Trionfale. Porte de S. Pellégrino sur la voie triomphale,in: Carlo Fea, Descrizione di Roma antica e moderna e suoi contorni..., 6th ed., vol. I, Roma 1834

Porta Angelica

Giuseppe Vasi, Porta Angelica,from: Id., Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna,vol. I (Le porte e mura di Roma), 2nd ed., Roma 1772

Ponte Milvio

Pilgrims who arrived in Rome from via Flaminia, near the city, crossed the Tiber at Ponte Milvio, also called Molle.

James Merigot, Ponte Mole 1796, in: Id., A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot, London 1817-1819

Ponte Milvio

Pilgrims who arrived in Rome from via Flaminia, near the city, crossed the Tiber at Ponte Milvio, also called Molle.

Ponte Milvio detto Molle, colla sua torre sul Tevere, fuori la Porta del Popolo, in: Carlo Fea, Nuova descrizione di Roma antica e moderna e de' suoi contorni, sue rarità specialmente dopo le nuove scoperte cogli scavi. Arricchita delle vedute più interessanti..., vol. II, Roma 1820

Porta Flaminia

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Porta Flaminia detta del Popolo, in: Id., Vedute principali e più interessanti di Roma, Roma 1799

Porta Flaminia

Luigi Rossini, Porta Flaminia detta del Popolo, from: Id., Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli colle principali vedute delle città, delle campagne e dei paesi frapposti disegnate dal vero e incise da Luigi Rossini, Roma 1839

Ponte Salario

James Merigot, Ponte Salario 1798, in: Id., A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot, London 1817-1819

Porta Salaria

Giuseppe Vasi, Porta Salaria olim Collina, from: Id., Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, vol. I (Le porte e mura di Roma), 2nd ed., Roma 1772

Porta San Sebastiano

Luigi Ricciardelli, Porta Capena oggi S. Sebastiano, etching from: Id., Vedute delle porte e mura di Roma..., Roma 1832

Porta San Sebastiano

James Merigot, The tomb of Cecilia Metella 1796, in: Id., A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot, London 1817-1819

Porta Latina

James Merigot, Latin gate 1796, in: Id., A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot, London 1817-1819

Porta of Saint John Lateran

Luigi Rossini, Porta di S. Giovanni Laterano. Veduta esterna, from: Id., Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli colle principali vedute delle città, delle campagne e dei paesi frapposti disegnate dal vero e incise da Luigi Rossini, Roma 1839

Petrarca to Giovanni Boccaccio, Rome 2 November 1350 (Familiares, XI.1)

Among the pilgrims in 1350 there was Francesco Petrarca. He probably left from Padua, headed for Rome to gain the indulgence of the jubilee year, which he himself had asked for to Clemens VI some years ago in a heartsick metric epistle. During the journey he stopped in Florence where he met personally a great fan of his: Giovanni Boccaccio. When he arrived in Rome, on 2 November 1350, Petrarca wrote to Boccaccio about the end of his journey.

Francesco Petrarca, Lettere di Francesco Petrarca... ora la prima volta raccolte, volgarizzate e dichiarate con note da Giuseppe Fracassetti, vol. III, Firenze 1865

"Provinces from which people went in procession to 1575 Jubilee"

Angelo Pientini, Le pie narrationi dell'opere piu memorabili fatte in Roma l'anno del giubileo MDLXXV..., Firenze 1583

About the procession of Trinity of pilgrims to receive the aggregate companies in the year of Holy Jubilee

Statutes of Archconfraternity of Trinity of pilgrims include a chapter specifically dedicated to the reception of the aggregate companies which came to Rome on the occasion of the Holy year.

Statuti delle ven. Archiconfraternita della santissima Trinità de' pellegrini e convalescenti di Roma, accresciuti e riformati, Roma 1821

Confraternity of Most Holy Trinity of pilgrims and convalescents of the city of Lucca was one of the aggregate companies to Most Holy Trinity of pilgrims in Rome

Statuti della Venerabile Confraternità della santissima Trinità de' pellegrini & convalescenti della città di Lucca, Lucca 1584

Confraternity of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Florence was one of the was one of the aggregate companies to SS. Trinità dei pellegrini in Rome

Grazie, indulgenze e privilegi concessi dalla felice memoria di papa Paolo V alla venerabile Archiconfraternita della santissima Trinità de convalescenti e pellegrini di Roma, et a' fratelli della venerabil Congregazione di Giesu, Maria e Gioseppe aggregata alla medesima Archiconfraternita posta in Firenze, in via S. Gallo, Firenze 1686

Confraternity of Most Holy Trinity in Florence was one of the aggregate companies to Most Holy Trinity of pilgrims in Rome

Capitoli della venerabile Congregazione della santissima Trinità eretta quest'anno [] à nativit. il dì [] nel mese di [] con l'occasione della missione nel Diocesi di [], Firenze 1707

Sunday 16 June 1675: entry in Rome of the Company of Madonna del Confalone of Monterotondo, welcomed by the Compagnia del Confalone of Rome

Ruggero Caetano, Le memorie de l'anno santo M. DC. LXXV celebrato da papa Clemente X e consacrate alla santità di n.s. papa Innocenzo XII, descritte in forma di giornale..., Roma 1691

The Archconfraternity of Confalone

The Arciconfraternita del Confalone, Roman’s oldest confraternity, dates back to 1246, when the Società di Raccomandati della Vergine company was founded to look after the sacred image of the Salus Populi Romani in the Liberian Basilica. Other “Raccomandati di Maria” groups sprung up in Rome in the fourteenth century, before joining together under the name “Raccomandati del Confalone”, a reference to the Pope’s standard –at that time the Pope was based in Avignon – which they raised during processions to reiterate the pontiff’s sovereignty over Rome. In 1486, Pope Innocent VIII approved the religious guild of the Raccomandati under the name “Confraternita del Confalone”; the association was elevated to Arciconfraternita status in 1579. Pope Gregory XIII entrusted this group with the delicate task of freeing Christian prisoners. The Archconfraternity received funds for this task from associated companies across Italy. In the 1600s, the custom of greeting associated companies as they arrived in Rome for the Holy Year with great fanfare and special rituals became an opportunity to inspire awe. In order not to be upstaged by its counterparts, the Arciconfraternita del Confalone hired a special celebrant, Geronimo Pisone, who was given the title “festarolo”.

Statuti della venerabile Archiconfraternita del Confalone, Roma 1633

The Company of Confalone of Monterotondo

Statuti della ven. Compagnia di S. Croce del Confalone di Monte Rotondo in Sabina 1726, ms. XVIII century

The Archconfraternity of Death and Oration of Rome

A huge famine and the particularly intense cold that struck Rome in the winter of 1538 killed many Romans and impoverished pilgrims. Moved by human compassion, a group of believers founded the Compagnia della buona morte to bury people who had passed away in poverty, alone or far from their homes, and who would therefore not otherwise have had a decent burial. The organization was later renamed the Confraternita della morte ed orazione, owing to its custom of praying for the souls of the dead and for performing the Forty Hours’ ritual, which they did every third Sunday of the month. Pius IV elevated it to the status of confraternity in 1560. The charter on show, which was approved in 1590, was reformed in 1698. It was reprinted to mark the 1750 Jubilee. The Roman archconfraternity was associated with a number of Companies, which they welcomed and accommodated during Jubilees.

Statuti della ven. archiconfraternita della morte, ed orazione prima approvati, e confermati l'anno 1590, e poi riformati l'anno 1698, e ristampati nell'anno del santissimo giubileo MDCCL, Roma 1750

The Company of Death and Oration of Perugia was one of the aggregate companies to the Roman Archconfraternity

Costituzioni della venerabile Compagnia della morte ed orazione di Perugia, riformate e riordinate nell'anno MDCCXCIV, Perugia 1794

Pilgrimage to Rome of the Confraternity of Holy Spirit of Padova for the Holy Year 1700

Guido Mazzoni, Un pellegrinaggio da Padova a Roma nell'anno santo 1700, dalla Nuova antologia 1 Oct. 1925, Roma 1925

Notification for the pilgrims of Holy Year 1775 signed by Vicar cardinal Marcantonio Colonna

Vicariato di Roma, Avvertimenti et ordini da notificarsi a' fedeli che intraprendono il viaggio di Roma nell'imminente anno santo (12 July 1774), Roma 1774

About how ancient pilgrims made their journey on foot, others by byke...

L'anno santo 1950. Cronistoria del grande giubileo a cura del Comitato centrale Anno Santo, vol. I, Città del Vaticano 1952

...but great pilgrimages took special trains

in: L'anno santo 1950. Cronistoria del grande giubileo a cura del Comitato centrale Anno Santo, vol. I, Città del Vaticano 1952

Second class special return ticket (Milan-Rome-Milan) for the Holy Year 1950

First Chinese pilgrims, warmy welcomed at the airport

L'anno santo 1950. Cronistoria del grande giubileo a cura del Comitato centrale Anno Santo, vol. II, Città del Vaticano 1952