Visit to the Seven Churches and Seven Privileged Altars

The Raccolta, compiled by the Apostolic Penitentiary, 1910, no. 417

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Printed in	The Raccolta
Imprint	28 Orchard Street, London W; New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Burns & Oates (London) and Benziger Bros (New York, Chicago, Cincinnati), 1910
Number	417
Pages	pp. 365–366
Scan	leaf 385, leaf 386 of the Internet Archive copy
Approval	We approve of the Translation by virtue of the above Rescript of His Holiness. N. CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP. Westminster, October 23, 1857. APPENDIX. NIHIL OBSTAT: HENRICUS S. BOWDEN, Censor Deputatus. IMPRIMATUR: EDMUNDUS SURMONT, Vicarius Generalis. Westmonasterii, die 10 Maii, 1909.
Indulgence	The custom of visiting the seven principal Churches in Rome is of most ancient institution. They are as follows: St Peter on the Vatican; St Paul and Sebastian outside the Walls; St John Lateran; the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; St Laurence outside the Walls; and St Mary Major. Whoever between first Vespers and sunset of the day following, shall visit these Seven Churches, may gain the many Indulgences with which these Churches have been enriched for every day in the year, and a Plenary Indulgence. I, II, III. Most ancient also is the custom of visiting in these Churches, but especially in St Peter on the Vatican, the seven privileged Altars. The seven Altars in St Peter’s are: 1. The Altar of Our Lady, commonly called the “Gregoriana”; 2. Of SS. Processus and Martinianus; 3. Of St Michael the Archangel; 4. Of St Petronilla, Virgin; 5. Of Our Lady, commonly called “of the Pillar”; 6. Of the Holy Apostles SS. Simon and Jude; 7. Of St Gregory the Great. Any of the faithful who shall visit devoutly these seven Altars may obtain the numerous Indulgences granted to these seven Altars by successive Pontiffs. The same Indulgences may be gained outside Rome in churches to which the privileges of the Seven Churches or the Seven Altars have been extended.
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417. Visit to the Seven Churches and the Seven Privileged Altars.¹

The custom of visiting the seven principal Churches in Rome is of most ancient institution. They are as follows: St Peter on the Vatican; St Paul and Sebastian outside the Walls; St John Lateran; the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; St Laurence outside the Walls; and St Mary Major. Whoever between first Vespers and sunset of the day following, shall visit these Seven Churches, may gain the many Indulgences with which these Churches have been enriched for every day in the year, and a Plenary Indulgence. I, II, III.

Most ancient also is the custom of visiting in these Churches, but especially in St Peter on the Vatican, the seven privileged Altars. The seven Altars in St Peter’s are:

The Altar of Our Lady, commonly called the “Gregoriana”;
Of SS. Processus and Martinianus;
Of St Michael the Archangel;
Of St Petronilla, Virgin;
Of Our Lady, commonly called “of the Pillar”;
Of the Holy Apostles SS. Simon and Jude;
Of St Gregory the Great.

Any of the faithful who shall visit devoutly these seven Altars may obtain the numerous Indulgences granted to these seven Altars by successive Pontiffs.

The same Indulgences may be gained outside Rome in churches to which the privileges of the Seven Churches or the Seven Altars have been extended.

417 Pius IX, Br. January 26, 1866.

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417. Visit to the Seven Churches and the Seven Privileged Altars.¹