Exhibit 402

Motu proprio to the Apostolic Chamber on the Mainz-Magdeburg indulgence

Exhibit 402 · Papal motu proprio

Motu proprio to the Apostolic Chamber on the Mainz-Magdeburg indulgence

Records that the archbishop had granted an indulgence of eight years for St. Peter's, that half the proceeds after charges go to the building, that the archbishop had paid 10,000 ducats into the pope's hands, and that the indulgence will not be revoked or suspended and no other plenary indulgence published for eight years. The text is Schulte's German translation (Die Fugger in Rom, 1904, pp. 125-126; Urkunden Nr. 85).

Source: Pope Leo X
Date: 15 April 1515
Grade: Reported
Document: https://archive.org/details/diefuggerinrom1400schuuoft
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Vat.; Schulte Urkunden Nr. 85).

Cited by

Finding REL-1.2: Reported According to Aloys Schulte's German translation of the Vatican documents, the envoys' petition of 1 August 1514 offered Leo X 10,000 ducats and asked that half the proceeds go to St. Peter's and half to Albert and the churches of Mainz, Magdeburg and Halberstadt. The motu proprio of 15 April 1515 records that Albert paid the 10,000 ducats and that no revocation or competing plenary indulgence would be allowed for eight years.