San Benedetto parish centenary, Rome: Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 29 December 2025
San Benedetto in Rome: parish centenary pilgrimage
Make a pilgrimage to San Benedetto parish church and join its jubilee rites or spend a suitable time in the prescribed prayer or pious reflection.
Time required Jubilee rites or a suitable time of prayer and pious reflection
- When
- 11 January 2026–6 January 2027
- Where
- Parish Church of San Benedetto, Via del Gazometro, Rome, Italy
- Who
- All eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed pilgrimage work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be truly repentant and moved by charity, and fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
- Visit the parish church of San Benedetto in Rome as a pilgrimage.
- Participate devoutly in jubilee rites, or spend a suitable time in pious reflection, prayer or other works of Christian piety for God’s glory.
- For the prayer alternative, pray for peace and concord among peoples and against the errors of the present age; conclude with the Our Father, Creed and invocations to Mary, Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy, and Saint Benedict.
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.
Jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Duration of the jubilee rites
No fixed numerical minimum is stated. Complete the chosen liturgical work during the prescribed pilgrimage visit.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for San Benedetto parish in Rome29 December 2025, Prot. 02591/2026–1291/25/I; operative paragraphs and exact 2026–2027 term
- San Benedetto parish, Rome: centenary page and unofficial Italian translationDecreto Penitenzieria Indulgenza Plenaria per il Centenario: linked original and full translation
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer or pious reflection
Duration varies
A suitable time, with the prescribed concluding prayers
The decree requires a suitable time; it specifies no minute minimum.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for San Benedetto parish in Rome29 December 2025, Prot. 02591/2026–1291/25/I; operative paragraphs and exact 2026–2027 term
- San Benedetto parish, Rome: centenary page and unofficial Italian translationDecreto Penitenzieria Indulgenza Plenaria per il Centenario: linked original and full translation
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
- Stated start
- 11 January 2026
- Stated end
- 6 January 2027
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: signed Latin decree for San Benedetto parish in Rome29 December 2025, Prot. 02591/2026–1291/25/I; operative paragraphs and exact 2026–2027 term
- San Benedetto parish, Rome: centenary page and unofficial Italian translationDecreto Penitenzieria Indulgenza Plenaria per il Centenario: linked original and full translation
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.