Apostolic Penitentiary, 13 September 1989, Prot.70/89/I
Militia Templi: membership occasions and patronal feasts
A perpetual concession applies to members of this specific modern diocesan association.
Time required Private renewal: about 1–5 minutes (estimate); admission or other rites vary.
- When
- Enrollment; perpetual profession and its anniversaries; St John, Apostle and Evangelist (27 December); St George, Martyr (23 April).
- Where
- No additional location is prescribed in the membership decree.
- Who
- Members of the modern Milizia del Tempio association based at Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi; this does not extend to unrelated Templar groups or generic knights.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be an actual member of the Milizia del Tempio association identified in the Diocese of Siena’s directory.
- Make or renew, at least privately, the promise to observe its statutes faithfully.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions, including complete detachment from sin.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Actual enrollment or perpetual profession
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
Complete the actual admission procedure, rite or event specified by this grant. The source sets no fixed duration; follow the organizer’s schedule.
Timing sources
- Milizia del Tempio: original Apostolic Penitentiary decreesDownload PDF p.1, printed p.15: original signed Latin decree, 13 September 1989, Prot.70/89/I, expressly perpetual. The separate 1999 church-visit decree on p.2 is time-limited and is not included.
- Milizia del Tempio: Rule with original decree appendixPDF p.25 reproduces the same original 1989 decree.
- Archdiocese of Siena: current lay associations directoryIdentifies the modern association, its Poggibonsi address and official website.
Profession anniversary or qualifying feast: private statutory-promise renewal
Editorial estimate
About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)
No fixed duration is prescribed. The 1–5 minute range is an editorial estimate for a simple private renewal. Any separately required enrollment or rite remains necessary.
Timing sources
- Milizia del Tempio: original Apostolic Penitentiary decreesDownload PDF p.1, printed p.15: original signed Latin decree, 13 September 1989, Prot.70/89/I, expressly perpetual. The separate 1999 church-visit decree on p.2 is time-limited and is not included.
- Milizia del Tempio: Rule with original decree appendixPDF p.25 reproduces the same original 1989 decree.
- Archdiocese of Siena: current lay associations directoryIdentifies the modern association, its Poggibonsi address and official website.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
- Stated start
- 13 September 1989
Occasion and source notes
Feast dates follow the customary Roman calendar, subject to lawful local transfers. Only this association’s eligible members qualify.
Source and exact reference
- Milizia del Tempio: original Apostolic Penitentiary decreesDownload PDF p.1, printed p.15: original signed Latin decree, 13 September 1989, Prot.70/89/I, expressly perpetual. The separate 1999 church-visit decree on p.2 is time-limited and is not included.
- Milizia del Tempio: Rule with original decree appendixPDF p.25 reproduces the same original 1989 decree.
- Archdiocese of Siena: current lay associations directoryIdentifies the modern association, its Poggibonsi address and official website.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.