Congregation for Indulgences and the Holy Relics
The Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics ( Latin Congregatio Indulgentiarum et Sacrarum Reliquiarum or Congregatio Indulgentiis Sacrisque Reliquiis Praeposita ) was a cardinal congregation . She was by Pope Clement IX. Erected on July 6, 1669 with the bull In ipsis Pontificatus . Their tasks were to check indulgences and to check the authenticity of relics .
At the head of the congregation was a cardinal prefect , who was supported by other cardinal members , a secretary and numerous consultors. Members by virtue of office were the Pope's sacristan , the Magister sacri palatii and the promoter Fidei .
On January 28, 1904, the Congregation was united with the Congregation of Rites through the Motu proprio Pius' X. Quae in Ecclesiae . In the course of the Curia reform in 1908 and after the publication of the CIC in 1917 , the tasks of the former Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics were transferred to the Holy Office and the Apostolic Penitentiary .
Cardinal prefects
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- Raffaele Cosimo de 'Girolami (1743–1748)
- Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero (1748–1760)
- Ludovico Calini (1767–1782)
- Antonio Eugenio Visconti (1782–1788)
- Diego Innico Caracciolo (1800-1820)
- Antonio Maria Frosini (1829-1832)
- Luigi Del Drago (1832-1834)
- Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli (1834–1837)
- Gabriele Ferretti (1843-1847)
- Charles Januarius Acton (1846–1847)
- Fabio Maria Asquini (1847–1863)
- Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco OFMConv (1863–1867)
- Giuseppe Andrea Bizzarri (1867–1872)
- Lorenzo Barili (1872–1875)
- Innocenzo Ferrieri (1875–1876)
- Luigi Maria Bilio B (1876)
- Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1876-1882)
- Johannes Baptist Franzelin SJ (1885–1886)
- Tommaso Maria Zigliara OP (1886–1887)
- Gaetano Aloisi Masella (1887–1888)
- Serafino Vannutelli (1888-1889)
- Carlo Cristofori (1889-1891)
- Giuseppe D'Annibale (1890-1892)
- Luigi Sepiacci OESA (1892-1893)
- Ignazio Persico , OFMCap (1893–1895)
- Andreas Steinhuber SJ (1895-1896)
- Girolamo Maria Gotti OCD (1896–1899)
- Domenico Ferrata (1899–1900)
- Serafino Cretoni (1900-1903)
Web links
- Entry on Congregation for Indulgences and Relics on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 1, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals 1846–2012. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11026947-5 , p. 728
- ↑ Heiner Grote: What does Rome announce how? A document science for practice (= Bensheimer Hefte 76). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 978-3-52-587165-2 , p. 145