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Exhibit 403

Petition (Supplik) of the Brandenburg envoys for an indulgence for Mainz and Magdeburg

Exhibit 403 ยท Petition to the pope

Petition (Supplik) of the Brandenburg envoys for an indulgence for Mainz and Magdeburg

Asks for an eight-year indulgence for St. Peter's in the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg, with half the proceeds to the building and half to the archbishop and the churches of Mainz, Magdeburg and Halberstadt, a payment of 10,000 ducats not deductible from the pope's half, and a guarantee against competing plenary indulgences.

Source
Envoys of Albert of Brandenburg to the Roman Curia
Date
1 August 1514
Grade
Reported
Document
https://archive.org/details/diefuggerinrom1400schuuoft
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding REL-1.2
Reported According to Aloys Schulte's German translation of the Vatican documents, the envoys' petition of 1 August 1514 offered Leo X 10,000 ducats and asked that half the proceeds go to St. Peter's and half to Albert and the churches of Mainz, Magdeburg and Halberstadt. The motu proprio of 15 April 1515 records that Albert paid the 10,000 ducats and that no revocation or competing plenary indulgence would be allowed for eight years.