Apostolic Penitentiary, 5 March 1997, perpetual grant to the Shrine of Saint Michael
Monte Sant’Angelo: a chosen annual visit
Visit Saint Michael’s shrine once a year on a freely chosen day and recite the Our Father and Creed.
Time required About 2–5 minutes for a devout visit and the two prayers
- When
- Once a year on a day freely chosen by the individual
- Where
- Basilica Shrine of Saint Michael the Archangel, Monte Sant’Angelo, Gargano, Italy
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Devoutly visit the Shrine of Saint Michael in Monte Sant’Angelo on one freely chosen day each year.
- Recite the Our Father and a profession of faith at the shrine.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
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.
Annual visit and prayers
Editorial estimate
About 2–5 minutes
No fixed minute minimum is stated. This is an editorial estimate for a devout visit with the spoken Our Father and Creed, not a legal time requirement.
Timing sources
- Basilica Shrine of Saint Michael — spirituality and perpetual indulgenceParagraph beginning Anche per questo: Apostolic Penitentiary grant of 5 March 1997, perpetual; pilgrimages and a chosen annual day
- Basilica Shrine of Saint Michael — directions for the Angelic PardonFinal paragraph of Età moderna: the Our Father and Creed, confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work. Required pilgrimage activity remains included.
- Sacramental confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions under the ordinary conditions
- Stated start
- 5 March 1997
Occasion and source notes
These directions follow the shrine’s current institutional explanation of its perpetual 1997 concession. The original decree has not been recovered. The separate reference to the shrine’s principal feast days is not dated here because the retrieved directions do not enumerate them.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Basilica Shrine of Saint Michael — spirituality and perpetual indulgenceParagraph beginning Anche per questo: Apostolic Penitentiary grant of 5 March 1997, perpetual; pilgrimages and a chosen annual day
- Basilica Shrine of Saint Michael — directions for the Angelic PardonFinal paragraph of Età moderna: the Our Father and Creed, confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.