Celestinian Forgiveness

Celestinian Pardon
Perdonanza Celestiniana
Santa Maria di Collemaggio, the church where the event takes place.
GenreCatholic celebration
Date(s)End of August
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)L'Aquila, Italy
Inaugurated1294
Celestinian Pardon Celebration
CountryItaly
Reference01276
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription history
Inscription2019 (14th session)
ListRepresentative

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