4. Boniface VIII and the First Jubilee
Jul 3, 2024 ·
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The Secret Word Play along with us as you learn more about the history of the Cathedral! Look for all six QR codes scattered on the path around the Cathedral...
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The Secret Word
Play along with us as you learn more about the history of the Cathedral!
Look for all six QR codes scattered on the path around the Cathedral and listen to the audio all the way through.
You’ll be asked a question at the end of each track. Find the correct answer and memorise the first letter of each one.
You’ll need all six letters to form the Secret Word. If you can figure it out, a special prize awaits you at the Cathedral Museum Bookshop!
AudioZoom® by eArs.
4. Boniface VIII and the First Jubilee
Eagles? Griffins? Parrots? If you look in front of you, in the lower register of the apse, you’ll notice the fresco of a red fabric decorated with gold animals.
The fresco is inspired by Pope Boniface the 8th‘s cope donated to the Cathedral. This precious priestly cloak was used only on the most solemn liturgical occasions. You can admire the Pope’s original with your own eyes in the Cathedral Museum.
Speaking of solemnity, did you know that Boniface the 8th was the pope responsible for proclaiming the first Christian jubilee year?
Trying to meet the expectations of the large number of pilgrims who had gathered of their own accord in Rome in the last months of 1299, the pontiff was moved to declare the Holy Year to inaugurate the new century, with a call to conversion and forgiveness of sins. He officially proclaimed the Jubilee with the bull Antiquorum habet fida relatio of 22 February 1300, which was to be repeated every hundred years in the future.
Those who travelled to the eternal city to visit the Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Outside the Walls would obtain complete forgiveness of their sins, or a reduction of the penalties of purgatory for the dead. The Holy Year was a resounding success, bringing an enormous crowd to Rome.
The Church continues the tradition to this day, repeating the Jubilee proclamations every 25 years, as confirmed by the proclamation of the 2025 Jubilee by Pope Francis.
Here's the question:
What is the jubilee year called?
Remember to memorise the first letter of the answer!
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Play along with us as you learn more about the history of the Cathedral!
Look for all six QR codes scattered on the path around the Cathedral and listen to the audio all the way through.
You’ll be asked a question at the end of each track. Find the correct answer and memorise the first letter of each one.
You’ll need all six letters to form the Secret Word. If you can figure it out, a special prize awaits you at the Cathedral Museum Bookshop!
AudioZoom® by eArs.
4. Boniface VIII and the First Jubilee
Eagles? Griffins? Parrots? If you look in front of you, in the lower register of the apse, you’ll notice the fresco of a red fabric decorated with gold animals.
The fresco is inspired by Pope Boniface the 8th‘s cope donated to the Cathedral. This precious priestly cloak was used only on the most solemn liturgical occasions. You can admire the Pope’s original with your own eyes in the Cathedral Museum.
Speaking of solemnity, did you know that Boniface the 8th was the pope responsible for proclaiming the first Christian jubilee year?
Trying to meet the expectations of the large number of pilgrims who had gathered of their own accord in Rome in the last months of 1299, the pontiff was moved to declare the Holy Year to inaugurate the new century, with a call to conversion and forgiveness of sins. He officially proclaimed the Jubilee with the bull Antiquorum habet fida relatio of 22 February 1300, which was to be repeated every hundred years in the future.
Those who travelled to the eternal city to visit the Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Outside the Walls would obtain complete forgiveness of their sins, or a reduction of the penalties of purgatory for the dead. The Holy Year was a resounding success, bringing an enormous crowd to Rome.
The Church continues the tradition to this day, repeating the Jubilee proclamations every 25 years, as confirmed by the proclamation of the 2025 Jubilee by Pope Francis.
Here's the question:
What is the jubilee year called?
Remember to memorise the first letter of the answer!
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