The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Nonprofit

Fabric (building fund) of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • REL-1.1: Pope Leo X's bull Sacrosanctis Salvatoris et Redemptoris nostri of 31 March 1515 opened an eight-year indulgence for the rebuilding of St. Peter's in the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg and the Brandenburg lands. It named Archbishop Albert of Brandenburg and the guardian of the Observant Franciscans at Mainz as commissioners and granted plenary remission of sins in return for alms put into the chests, tied in the text to confession and absolution by a chosen confessor.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 401 31 March 1515. Pope Leo X: Bull Sacrosanctis Salvatoris et Redemptoris nostri (St. Peter's indulgence for the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg)