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Exhibit 401

Bull Sacrosanctis Salvatoris et Redemptoris nostri (St. Peter's indulgence for the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg)

Exhibit 401 ยท Papal bull

Bull Sacrosanctis Salvatoris et Redemptoris nostri (St. Peter's indulgence for the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg)

Appeals to the faithful of Mainz and Magdeburg to contribute to the rebuilding of St. Peter's, names Albert of Mainz and the Observant Franciscan guardian as commissioners for eight years, and grants plenary remission, a confessional letter, and dispensations in return for alms put in chests. Text read in Schulte, Die Fugger in Rom (1904), Urkunden Nr. 84, transcribed from Reg. Vat. 1196 fols. 60-64v; first printed in Kohler, Dokumente zum Ablassstreit (1934), pp. 83-93.

Source
Pope Leo X
Date
31 March 1515
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://archive.org/details/diefuggerinrom1400schuuoft
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding REL-1.1
Primary record Pope Leo X's bull Sacrosanctis Salvatoris et Redemptoris nostri of 31 March 1515 opened an eight-year indulgence for the rebuilding of St. Peter's in the provinces of Mainz and Magdeburg and the Brandenburg lands. It named Archbishop Albert of Brandenburg and the guardian of the Observant Franciscans at Mainz as commissioners and granted plenary remission of sins in return for alms put into the chests, tied in the text to confession and absolution by a chosen confessor.