Celestinian Forgiveness Explained

Celestinian Pardon
Native Name:Perdonanza Celestiniana
Native Name Lang:it
Date:End of August
Genre:Catholic celebration
Frequency:Annual
Location:L'Aquila, Italy
First:1294
Ich:Celestinian Pardon Celebration
State Party:Italy
Id:01276
Region:ENA
Year:2019
Session:14th
List:Representative

The Celestinian Pardon (in Italian: Perdonanza Celestiniana) is a religious and historical annual event held in L'Aquila, Italy, at the end of August. It is a Catholic jubilee celebration, established in 1294 by pope Celestine V with his bull Inter sanctorum solemnia (also known as Bull of Pardon or Bull of Forgiveness).[1]

Since 2011 the celebration is a "Heritage of Italy for tradition" ("Patrimonio d'Italia per la tradizione")[2] and in 2019 it was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[3]

Notes

  1. Web site: La Perdonanza Celestiniana. comune.laquila.it.
  2. Web site: Perdonanza patrimonio d'Italia per la tradizione. 26 July 2011. www.chiesadilaquila.it.
  3. Web site: Thirty five new elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 13 December 2019. ich.unesco.org.

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