Apostolic Penitentiary, 12 October 2001
Ferentino: Celestinian Perdonanza in May
Visit Sant’Antonio Abate for its recurring Celestinian Perdonanza and take part in worship or recite the prescribed prayers.
Time required Time for the sacred celebration, or about 3–5 minutes for the visit and prayers
- When
- 19, 20 or 21 May annually
- Where
- Church of Sant’Antonio Abate, Via Stella Ponte Sant’Antonio, Ferentino, Italy
- Who
- All eligible faithful visiting this church on the stated occasion
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Devoutly visit the church of Sant’Antonio Abate in Ferentino on the qualifying occasion.
- There either participate in a sacred celebration, or at least devoutly recite the Our Father and Creed.
- Fulfil 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.
Visit with a sacred celebration
Complete the prescribed event
Time for the sacred celebration
No numerical minimum is prescribed. The celebration itself is part of this alternative to the named prayers.
Visit with the Our Father and Creed
Editorial estimate
About 3–5 minutes
Editorial estimate for a devout church visit with the Our Father and Creed. The decree imposes no fixed duration.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
Occasion and source notes
The decree names May 19–21; the diocese publishes the permissible church-visit window from noon May 18 through May 21, consistently with Enchiridion Norm 14. The date-only calendar conservatively displays the three complete days.
The complete contemporaneous Italian decree translation is republished by the local Pro Loco; the current diocese explicitly confirms continued application of the 2001 concession. The signed Latin original has not been inspected. The concession expressly remains valid in perpetuity.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Apostolic Penitentiary, 12 October 2001: complete Italian translation republished in FrintinumeMarch 2002, p.2; boxed decree, Prot.134/01/I, with perpetual-validity clause
- Diocese of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino: current parish directorySant’Antonio Abate – memoria di S. Pietro Celestino; annual Perdonanza and October 2001 concession
- Diocese of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino: continued application of the 2001 decree12 May 2022; explicitly invokes October 2001 decree and links former parish explanation
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.